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Students at Northeast College Preparatory High School will have an extended school day, week, and year thanks to an unusual collaboration between leaders in the political, business, teaching, parent, and faith communities. Under the College Prep program, students will attend school from 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.,
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This week's calls to action include the following events and activities. (All are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.) Coaching for teachers Writers & Books will host a talk by Don Bartalo, author of "Closing the Teaching Gap: Coaching for Instructional Leaders," at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May
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The struggle to agree on a teacher evaluation plan that suits the city school district, the Rochester Teachers Association, and the New York State Education Department is far from over. While Superintendent Bolgen Vargas and RTA President Adam Urbanski devised a plan that met SED approval for this year,
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The property at 16 East Boulevard still hums with the sounds of saws, hammers, and a chorus of other tools and machinery. It's been about two-and-a-half years since Fran Cosentino and his wife, Jane Parker, began restoring their home. This is no ordinary update, however. The Park Avenue-area property, often
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This week's calls to action include the following events and activities. (All are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.) Rally to raise hourly wages Social justice organizations advocating an increase in the minimum wage will hold a "Raise Rochester" rally at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 24. Assembly
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The Rochester school board has approved a $705 million spending plan for the coming school year. It adds about 68 teachers in music, art, and physical education. The additions are made possible through a combination of attrition in administrative staff and dipping into the district's reserve funds. In a
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Rochester city schools Superintendent Bolgen Vargas has a $44 million hole to fill in the district's 2012-2013 budget. Part of his plan to plug that gap is to take $15 million from the district's reserve fund. But that's making some people nervous, since it will leave the fund with
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Christopher McGuire's work uniform is a giant bright red cowboy hat, black shorts, and red knee-high socks. His office is the sidewalk in front of Monroe Avenue's Texas Blues BBQ, where the 29-year-old McGuire grooves, grinds, twists, and twirls in choreography fusing Steve Martin and Mick Jagger. Many drivers, joggers,
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This week's calls to action include the following events and activities. (All are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.) Conservation workshop for educators The Department of Environmental Conservation will hold one-day "Great Lakes Institute Workshops" throughout the state to familiarize teachers and educators with a specific area of
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US News & World Report just released its rankings of the best US high schools, and Buffalo's City Honors School at Fosdick Masten Park was ranked 23 out of the top 100. The school outranked Pittsford-Mendon, which came in at 82. The Odyssey Academy, a Greece high school, came
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More than 25,000 residents from Rochester and Monroe County served in World War I. Newly rediscovered photographs taken nearly 100 years ago show the youthful, determined, and sometimes somber faces of many of those young men and women. The Rochester Historical Society and the city historian published a three-volume collection of
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This week's calls to action include the following events and activities. (All are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.) Helpers needed in parks The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, and Parks and Trails New York will hold "I Love My Park Day," a
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The Rochester school board voted 6 to 1 in favor of negotiating a contract with Bolgen Vargas to become the district's next superintendent. Board member Van White voted against the resolution at last night's board meeting. Board member Cynthia Elliott said Vargas was not her first choice, but that
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The community has been deceived again, said Minister Franklin Florence Jr., president of the Faith Community Alliance of Greater Rochester, at a press conference earlier today. Nearly a dozen ministers from the African American faith community said they have tremendous respect for Bolgen Vargas, Rochester schools superintendent-elect. But the
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This week's calls to action include the following events and activities. (All are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.) State of the City address Rochester Mayor Tom Richards will give the 2012 State of the City address at 7 p.m. on Monday, April 30, in the auditorium of
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Bolgen Vargas has won many admirers since becoming interim superintendent of the Rochester school district. But he has also been the subject of controversy. Some critics question his qualifications, since he has no classroom teaching experience. And Vargas has not managed a budget on the scale of the
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An announcement from the Rochester school board regarding the superintendent position appears to be imminent, some sources say. The board met in executive session last night to discuss the position and the finalists, Houston school administrator Andre Spencer and RCSD Interim Superintendent Bolgen Vargas. The speculation is that Vargas
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The Rochester school board will meet at 7 p.m. tonight and go into executive session to discuss the superintendent finalists, board President Malik Evans said this morning. The meeting will be held at the district's central office, 131 West Broad Street. Evans also said that he doesn't think
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Excellent parenting skills are often not enough to shape a child's future. The Greater Rochester Parent Leadership Training Institute teaches parents how to become stronger advocates for their child, and children in their communities by becoming familiar with laws, understanding policies and municipal budgets, and forming coalitions. The program has
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This week's calls to action include the following events and activities. (All are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.) Preservation conference The Landmark Society of Western New York's 2012 Preservation Conference is from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 21, at Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity
