First hour: How to meet the needs of bilingual students
Second hour: Rochester Youth Climate leaders discuss environmental priorities
The Rochester City School District has released its proposed budget, and it has slated an increase in funding for bilingual education staff and services. This comes after more than 500 students from Puerto Rico enrolled in the district since moving to Rochester after Hurricane Maria devastated the island. We’ll talk to education experts and parents about the kinds of services bilingual students need. Our guests:
- Eamonn Scanlon, education policy analyst for The Children’s Agenda
- Beatriz LeBron, commissioner for the Rochester City School Board, and parent
- Myrna Gonzalez, president of the Bilingual Council, and parent
- Wailany Olivo, parent of two children in the Rochester City School District
- Lydia Rodriguez, translator and parent
Then in our second hour, we talk to local youth climate leaders about their recent Earth Day Summit. The students join us to share what they learned, what they hope to achieve with local environmental efforts, and their climate priorities. In studio:
- Linden Burack, 8th grade student at School of the Arts and Rochester Youth Climate Leader
- Benny Smith, 11th grade student at Brighton High School and Rochester Youth Climate Leader
- Hridesh Singh, 10th grade student at Brighton High School and Rochester Youth Climate Leader
- Terry Smith, head of the Harley School’s Lower School
- Cassidy Putney, co-founder and director of sustainability and communications for Impact Earth
- Evan Zachary, director of Flower City Pickers
