Wegmans Provides Healthy Snacks To Our Local Elementary School
Local Grocer, Wegmans, often gives back to our community and in particular donates in various ways to our community’s children and our local schools. Their charitable donations have recently touched my...
View ArticleDear Teachers, Help Us Help Our Kids With Their Homework
Since the beginning of this particular school year I have heard much chatter in the online parenting groups that parents are frustrated with the new way schools are teaching math. The main reason is...
View ArticleLetter From RCSD Deputy Superintendent Of Teaching And Learning Debunking...
On Friday, October 7th, 2013 Beverly Burrell-Moore, RCSD Deputy Superintendent of Teaching and Learning sent the following email to all principals and teachers in the district. This letter debunks the...
View ArticleAre Rochester City Schools Out Of Touch With Their Student’s Demographics?
I wrote this post last year for my other blog at the D&C.. Every year it’s the same thing with the book fair at school where they encourage the kids to pick out books they want & go home &...
View ArticleSend Your Child To School Day
Today (November, 18th) is National Keep Your Child Home Day in protest of the Common Core Curriculum. The anti-Common Core movement has been steadily gaining momentum this year and has been a bit more...
View ArticleDr. Vargas Unveils Proposal For Colleges To Take Over City Schools
Yesterday, RCSD superintendent, Dr. Vargas unveiled a proposal for colleges and universities to essentially take over individual city schools. If a take-over were to happen, the college would...
View ArticleWhat Happens When Our ‘Last Chance’ Has Past and Why Haven’t We been Talking...
Almost 2 months ago, in mid November, superintendent of Rochester City School District, Dr. Vargas, made a monumental announcement that he would like for local colleges to take over as many troubled...
View ArticleResponse From Dr. Vargas Regarding College Takeover of RCSD
I sent RCSD Superintendent Dr. Vargas an email this evening regarding college take over.. he responded the following within 22 minutes: “Thank you, Andrea, for your thoughtful email. While I am in...
View ArticleDone-r Than Done
So only a couple days after our principal of our school TOLD ME that recess was indeed mandatory and the taking away of such as a classroom punishment was no longer going to happen- no surprise, it...
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