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10 Rochester City School District employees named educators of the year
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — The Rochester City School District recognized 10 employees as educators of the year Thursday. The district has held the ceremony annually since 2021. Winners are nominated by their students, peers, supervisors, or community members. Those recognized during the RCSD 2024 Educator of the Year awards include:
Irondequoit, Victor will meet for Class B title: How each team reached the final
PITTSFORD -- Few Section V lacrosse programs can match Victor's recent string of success. But before the Blue Devils' reign, Irondequoit was often Class B's team to beat. Next week, the teams will meet to determine whether there'll be a transfer of power or status quo. Both Irondequoit and Victor emerged winners...
Rochester school board taps Demario Strickland to serve as interim superintendent
Demario Strickland, who has been serving as deputy superintendent of teaching and learning since March 2023, will take over in July for Superintendent Carmine Peluso, who is leaving RCSD to become superintendent of the Churchville-Chili School District.
8 University of Rochester students pose solutions to meet U.S. health policy challenges
The Democrat and Chronicle is publishing these eight guest essays written by University of Rochester students about health policy challenges and their possible solutions. They and their classmates were enrolled this spring in UR History 373, a class focusing on American Health Politics and Policy. Mical Raz, UR’s Charles E....
Bishop Kearney flag football defeats Greece Athena to reach sport's first state tournament
Bishop Kearney's high-scoring flag football offense needed to get around a Greece Athena defense that has walled off a number of teams from end zones Thursday night. The Kings found ways around Athena's barriers at East Rochester, and made sure the Trojans never crossed the goal line to win this playoff between Section V champions 31-0. ...
High School Huddle: Spring sectional preview show
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — It’s crunch time in Section V with plenty of sectional championships on the horizon. AJ Feldman and Carl Jones begin by discussing the flag football sectional finals. Penfield claimed back to back titles in Class A. Athena took the top spot in Class B1 while Bishop Kearney won the Class B2 […]
The flag football champions have been crowned: See the action-packed photos from 2024
Section V's third flag football season is in the books with three champions crowned. A total of 31 teams in the greater Rochester region played in the sport's third season in Section V, more than triple the schools participating in 2022. ...
Sunrise Smart Start: School budget votes, TopGolf update
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Stay up to date on the latest headlines in today’s Sunrise Smart Start for Wednesday, May 22, 2024. Weather Forecast: Strong storms around Rochester this afternoon We have a muggy start to Wednesday with temperatures starting in the upper 60s. A strong warm flow sends us well into the 80s this […]
RESULTS: Local school district budget votes for 2024-25
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Voters throughout our region headed to the polls Tuesday to cast their ballots for their school districts’ 2024-25 budgets. Voters weighed in on school budgets, propositions, board members, and more. The Rush-Henrietta Central School District failed to pass its budget, with the tally falling short by 15 votes. Churchville-Chili also saw […]
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