Cuts continue as district proceeds on forming its budget for 2020-21
Justin Murphy – Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | USA TODAY NETWORK – in the D&C on 4/16/2020 on page A1
For the first hour of Tuesday night’s Rochester school board meeting, board clerk Marisol Ramos-Lopez read a selection of comments from nearly 100 residents and employees, all of them imploring the board to restore parts of the $62 million in cuts proposed by Superintendent Terry Dade for the 2020-21 budget.
Cuts to social workers, to special education, to the arts, to the Rochester International Academy, they argued, would decimate the Rochester City School District and make a lie of its stated commitment to equity.