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The Rochester Board of
Education on May 10 approved Superintendent Manuel Rivera’s proposed
2006-07 budget. Meeting in special session, the spending plan was approved
by a vote of 6-1 with Commissioner Cynthia Elliott dissenting.
“We conducted two public
hearings and thoroughly scrutinized the proposal at four deliberation
sessions. I believe this to be a responsible budget that will continue the
District’s forward momentum,” said Commissioner Willa Powell, chair of the
Board’s Finance Committee. “The final figures were not reached without
sacrifice. Some initiatives were scaled back or eliminated in order to
deliver a balanced budget to the City,” said Board President Domingo
Garcia. Board Vice President Malik Evans, who also sits on the Finance
Committee, said the 2006-07 budget represents a balance. “The Board of
Education takes its fiscal oversight responsibilities very seriously. This
budget maintains and will further the academic strides we are making,” Mr.
Evans said.
Those academic
achievement increases include:
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Rochester schools have been
recognized statewide and nationally as among the highest performing. For example,
Wilson Magnet High School this month
was ranked 24th on Newsweek’s list of the top 100
schools in the nation, up from a ranking of 27th last year.
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Larger
numbers of students passing State exams.
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More
students, including Latino and African-American students, scoring higher
on State exams.
Now that the 2006-07
budget has received the Board of Education’s approval, it will be
delivered to Rochester Mayor Robert Duffy and City Council for their
review and approval.
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Superintendent Rivera’s
Budget Presentation March 23
Superintendent of Schools Dr. Manuel J. Rivera will
present his proposed District budget for
2006-07 to the Board of Education on
Thursday, March 23 at 6:00 p.m. The presentation will be broadcast live on
RCTV Channel 15, the public access station for the City of Rochester.
The proposed budget will be posted on the District’s website,
www.rcsdk12.org, on
Friday, March 24.
Currently on the website is information on how parents and other citizens
can contact State leaders in Albany to call for equitable school funding
for Rochester. A bulletin with that information is being mailed to all
District parents this week.
Rochester’s legislative delegation in Albany is supporting an increase in
education funding. In Governor Pataki’s executive budget, Rochester
receives the smallest increase of the State’s large urban districts.
The Rochester City School District is part of the Rochester Fair Share
Coalition, a coalition of business, education, faith-based, government,
health care, labor and nonprofit groups seeking increased State aid for
Rochester.
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Board of Education to Conduct Budget Public Hearings; Budget Review Dates
Announced
The following budget-related events will take place
at the District’s Central Office, 131 West Broad Street, in the
third-floor conference room.
Public Hearings on the Budget:
Thursday, March 30 -- 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, April 6 -- 6:00 p.m.
To sign up to speak, call the Board Office at 262-8525
by noon the day of the hearing.
Board Budget Review Dates:
Tuesday, April 4 -- 5:30 p.m.
Board Finance Committee Meeting of the Whole
Budget Deliberations
Tuesday, April 11 -- 6:00 p.m.
Board Quality Assurance Committee Meeting of the Whole
Review of program adjustments/initiatives in the budget
Tuesday, April 25 -- 5:30 p.m.
Board Finance Committee Meeting of the Whole
Budget Deliberations
Monday, May 1 -- 5:30 p.m.
Board Finance Committee Meeting of the Whole
Final Budget Deliberations
Thursday, May 11 -- 5:30 p.m.
Budget Adoption by the Board
Friday, May 12
Budget Transmittal to City Hall |
