Rochester City School District | |
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Location | |
District information | |
Type | Public |
Motto | Every child is a work of art. Create a masterpiece. [1] |
Grades | Pre-kindergarten, K-12, Incarcerated Youth High School, Adult Evening High School |
Established | 1841 |
Superintendent | Dr. Carmine Peluso (interim) [2] |
Accreditation | New York State Board of Regents |
Schools | 60 pre-K sites 40 elementary 19 secondary 1 Montessori 1 program for young mothers 1 family/adult learning center [3] |
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Students and staff | |
Students | 26,057 children 10,000 adults [5] |
Teachers | 3,900 (2010–2011) [6] |
Staff | 300 administrators 2,300 support personnel (2010–2011) [6] |
Student–teacher ratio | 8.1:1 (2011) [3] |
Other information | |
Unions | NYSUT, Rochester Teachers Association |
Website | rcsdk12.org |
The Rochester City School District is a public school district that serves approximately 21,000 students in the city of Rochester, New York. It is currently operating with a budget of $1.065 billion, which comes out to approximately $50,700 per student. [7] This is, according to Census Bureau data, $20,827 more than the New York State average of $29,873 per student, and over three times the national average of $15,633 per student. [8]
The school district is run by a board of education that sets school policy and approves school spending. The board hires a superintendent under contract to carry out its policies.
The board of education consists of seven members, elected biennially, who serve staggered four-year terms.
The current board members are: [9]
Name | Tenure | Name | Tenure | |
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Isaac F. Mack | 1841–1845 | John M. Franco | March 1, 1971 – June 16, 1971 (acting) June 17, 1971 – 1980 | |
Samuel L. Selden | January 1, 1846 – November 1, 1846 | Laval Wilson | 1980 – 1985 | |
Belden R. McAlpine | November 2, 1846 – 1847 | Peter J. McWalters | 1985 (acting) 1986–1992 | |
Daniel Holbrook | 1847–1850 1857–1858 1862–1864 | Manuel J. Rivera | 1992–1994 September 1, 2002 – April 30, 2007 | |
Reuben D. Jones | 1850–1856 | Loretta Johnson | 1994–1995 (acting) | |
Isaac S. Hobbie | 1856–1857 | Clifford B. Janey | 1995 – August 31, 2002 | |
Philip H. Curtis | 1858–1861 | William C. Cala | 2007 – December 31, 2007 (interim) | |
Charles N. Simmons | 1864–1869 1876–1878 1881–1882 | Jean-Claude Brizard [10] [11] | January 1, 2008 – May 13, 2011 | |
Sylvanus A. Ellis | 1869–1875 1882–1892 | Bolgen T. Vargas | May 16, 2011 – December 31, 2015 [12] | |
Alonzo L. Mabbett | 1878–1881 | Daniel G. Lowengard | January 1 – 15, 2016 (interim) | |
Milton Noyes | 1892–1900 | Linda L. Cimusz | January 18, 2016 – July 2016 (interim) | |
Charles B. Gilbert | 1901–1909 | Barbara Deane Williams | August 8, 2016 – January 31, 2019 [13] | |
Clarence F. Carroll | 1903–1911 | Daniel G. Lowengard | February 1, 2019 – June 2019 (interim) | |
Herbert S. Weet | 1911–1933 | Terry J. Dade | July 2019 – May 2020 [14] | |
James M. Spinning | 1934 – November 1, 1954 | Lesli C. Myers-Small | May 2020 – September 2022 | |
Howard C. Seymour | November 1, 1954 – December 31, 1960 | Carmine Peluso | September 2022 - January 2023 (interim) January 2023 [15] - present | |
James S. Wishart | January 1, 1961 – August 31, 1961 (acting) | |||
Robert L. Springer | September 1, 1961 – May 31, 1963 | |||
Herman R. Goldberg | June 1, 1963 – July 31, 1963 (acting) August 1, 1963 – March 1, 1971 |
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In 2019, the Rochester City School District was ranked the 3rd worst school district in upstate New York, [16] and in 2017 it was ranked the 8th worst in New York State. [17]
In 2007, the New York State Education Department named 14 Rochester elementary schools among the state's "most improved" schools in English language arts and/or math. Newsweek ranked Wilson Magnet High School 49th among the nation's top 100 high schools based on advanced curriculum.
The Children's Institute, a non-profit children's advocacy organization, has ranked the district's pre-K program one of the best in the nation.
In 2003, a plan to redesign the grade-level configuration was approved by the board of education. It changed the district from one of elementary schools (preK–5), middle schools (6–8) and high schools (9–12) to one of elementary schools (pre-K–6) and secondary schools (7–12). The plan was implemented in stages over four years.
Given the district's continued struggles there has been much local media coverage analyzing the district from varying perspectives, and most recently this has been done through the Democrat and Chronicle 's Time to Educate Series. The motto of this media initiative is "Something. Must. Change." [18] In 2018 the editorial board of that paper wrote "It is time to declare an emergency". [19]
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(help)On April 29, 2010, the Board of Education unanimously passed a budget of $693.7 million for the Rochester City School District for 2010-11 that focuses on the district's core work of teaching and learning. It represents a 3.1% decrease from the amended budget for 2009-10
Our schools provide a quality education for approximately 32,000 students in pre-K through grade 12 and 10,000 adults.
Has approximately 6,500 employees, including: 3,900 teachers, 300 administrators, 2,300 support personnel