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From 13 WHAM Dozens of parents and community members came together Thursday to learn more about the financial crisis facing the Rochester City School District. Two community organizations - Roc the Future and The Children’s Agenda - teamed up for a forum on the...

From Democrat & Chronicle Rochester-area nonpartisan nonprofits The Children's Agenda and ROCtheFuture are holding a public information forum Thursday aimed at helping demystify the current budget crisis in the city school district for parents. In a tweet,...

From Minority Reporter For months, the budget crisis in the Rochester City School District has concerned parents, students and community leaders. It has also been a topic of political debate, questions to RCSD leadership and ongoing examination of the multi-million...

From WXXI News A federal grant aimed at helping Rochester’s children is coming to the region. Congressman Joe Morelle said Friday that the $1.5 million grant will help a local initiative called Grow Rochester, which focuses on children’s health issues. The initiative...

From 13 WHAM News Rochester, N.Y. – Federal funding is said to be on the way to help with local early childhood services. At a news conference Friday, Congressman Joe Morelle said about $1.5 million has been allocated for the All Kids Thrive program. The funding will...

From WROC News 8 ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — The “All Kids Thrive” program is getting $1.5 million in federal funds to strengthen childhood services. The funds will be give out over the next three years. Specifically, the money will go toward expanding the Grow Rochester...

From WXXI News By James Brown Interim New York State Education Commissioner Shannon Tahoe announced Thursday that Rochester had the biggest year-to-year increase in graduation rates among the big five school districts. These numbers are based on August 2019 graduates,...

From News10NBC By: Andrew Hyman ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) — School leaders and parents in the Rochester City School District are now looking at how to build on the district's improved graduation rate. During a high school basketball game at Rochester’s School 33, parent...

From 13 WHAM News Rochester, N.Y. (13 WHAM) – The Rochester City School District is seeing signs of improvement for its graduation rates in new data released by the State Education Department. That data found an increase in the graduation rate for the 2015 cohort of...

by FOX ROCHESTER | Monday, December 9th 2019 Note: An update to information that was on the air -- the Bookfair on Monday, Dec. 9th is at Barnes & Noble Pittsford from 4 - 8 pm. Please note that location. "ROC The Future" is looking to provide custom-built...