Themed campuses would be diverse, inter-district
Justin Murphy – Rochester Democrat and Chronicle USA TODAY NETWORK – in the D&C on 11/28/21 on page 10a
The idea is simple enough: public schools focused on a particular theme, like the arts or the environment, open to students anywhere in the Rochester region, with guidelines for socioeconomic diversity.
The idea has been circulating in Rochester education circles for 15 years without nearing fruition, in particular because the basic logistical questions have proven difficult to answer: Who would run the schools, and who would pay for them?
Now, for the first time, there are some proposed answers. They are contained in a report commissioned by Great Schools for All, the Rochester non-profit group most associated with the push for what it calls breakthrough schools.