Rochester City School Superintendent Bolgen Vargas said transportation is not the issue that resulted in a melee near the Sibley building downtown and a reported shot fired shortly before 4 p.m. Sept. 23. But, the school district, City Hall, police ...

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The Rochester community is on the brink of a monumental construction project with the School Construction Modernization Program. The program will modernize Rochester City Schools and bring hundreds of construction jobs with it. To fill the jobs with local residents, ...

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Rochester City School students and minority law students will benefit from a $15,000 grant from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York. The grant, awarded to the Foundation of the Monroe County Bar ...

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A team of people wearing Benches on Parade T-shirts visited classrooms Tuesday at Rochester City School No. 23, Francis Parker Elementary, to deliver a book to each student. Benches on Parade donated 5,000 books to the Rochester City School District ...

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U.S. Rep. Louise Slaughter this week announced that Rochester City Schools were awarded a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to support an enhanced history curriculum for students ...

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The non-profit Mercier Literacy Program will receive $50,000 from Monroe County for the continued expansion of its literacy program to help city school children learn to read, County Executive Maggie Brooks announced last week.

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