Questions swirl on what partnership’s end means
Justin Murphy
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
USA TODAY NETWORK
The University of Rochester’s partnership with East High School will be coming to an end relatively soon. Exactly how soon and what that end will look like were the topic of conversation for the Rochester school board Thursday.
The agreement has allowed UR to serve as an educational partnership organization, or EPO. It set East apart within the district in certain ways, with more operational autonomy, its own administrative staff and separate collective bargaining agreements. In other ways, it remains part of RCSD.
‘In the past, immunity from RCSD turbulence … was essential to promote stability at East,’ East Superintendent Marlene Blocker said. ‘The potential to lose that autonomy is both daunting and frightening.’
In less than a decade, the school’s graduation rates have more than doubled.
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