Rochester institution slated for deep cuts
Justin Murphy – Rochester Democrat and Chronicle USA TODAY NETWORK – in the D&C on 5/2/2020 on page A3
The Rochester International Academy has always prided itself as a place with a sense of community — too permanent of a community, it may turn out.
The Rochester City School District program for incoming refugees at all grade levels is slated to be cut deeply in the proposed 2020-21 budget. Grades K-6 would be cut and the overall enrollment would decline from 319 to 144, for an anticipated savings of $3.1 million.
The cuts — as well as the need for additional, future cuts — are apparently the result of a dictate from the state Education Department.