First hour: Reshaping Rochester
Second hour: Education policy and the question of opting out
In our first hour, the longest elevated pedestrian bridge in the world could serve as an inspiration for Rochester. It's called Walkway Over the Hudson. It's 212 feet tall, 1.28 miles long, and 700,000 people crossed it last year. Wednesday night, the Community Design Center of Rochester is bringing in their executive director, with an eye on what we can learn. We'll talk about how Rochester could borrow ideas for building or repurposing; we're thinking about the inner loop, the waterfront, the aqueduct, and more.
On the phone:
Elizabeth Waldstein-Hart, Executive Director of Walkway Over the Hudson
In studio:
Mark Johns, Principal Landscape Architect for Bergmann Associates
Joni Monroe, Executive Director of the Community Design Center of Rochester
James McIntosh, Rochester City Engineer
Then, as promised last week, we continue the discussion over education policy and whether parents should opt their children out of standardized testing. Some parents told us last week that school leaders are crossing the line by encouraging students to skip the tests. In Fairport, the school board and superintendent have worked with parents to make sure they understand how to do this. How will this impact students and the education debate in Albany?