Tagged: education

This special edition of Need to Know Rochester focuses on education issues. We examine the possible rise in charter schools in Monroe County and the potential impact on students and the Rochester City School District. We also visit a school called Hope Hall - it caters to a special group of students that some say could've fallen through the cracks at their former schools. Lastly, we look into the unique challenges facing rural school districts in the Greater Rochester-area.

In his State of Our Schools address on Wednesday night, Schools Superintendent Dr. Bolgen Vargas said he was committed to creating a school district that is highly disciplined and accountable. 

"This is our last chance for this district...so we must turn the district around", he said.

Implementing the rigorous new national core curriculum, addressing attendance and graduation rates, reining in a $60 million transportation bill, and a commitment to extra curricular opportunities were all keystones of the Vargas speech.

Rochester City School District Superintendent Bolgen Vargas  will hold his annual "State of Our Schools" address tonight at 7 p.m., with WXXI-AM 1370 providing live coverage of the address on-air and online. Described as "An update to the community", the address will be held at All City High, 180 Ridgeway Avenue, and is open to the public, with parents encouraged to attend.

WXXI's Innovation Trail held a community forum on the dropout crisis in Rochester and upstate New York. Innovation Trail reporter Kate O'Connell reports community members, educators, students and experts all took part in a discussion of ways to stem the growing epidemic of dropping attendance.