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  • Monroe County faces child care crunch
    Monroe County faces child care crunch
    February 16, 2023

    The child care shortage starts with staffing. Providers have trouble attracting workers because of what they can pay.

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  • Coalition calls on Hochul to boost Early Intervention provider pay
    Coalition calls on Hochul to boost Early Intervention provider pay
    December 13, 2022

    Monroe County leaders and children’s advocates are calling on Gov. Kathy Hochul to increase reimbursement rates for therapists and teachers working with children with development…

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  • Rochester City School unions ask district to address safety concerns with police, parents balk
    Rochester City School unions ask district to address safety concerns with police, parents balk
    October 21, 2021

    Days after leaders from four Rochester City School unions asked the district to address growing security concerns – including an incident when someone fired a…

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  • Activists get the win in fight over Rochester’s school resource officers
    Activists get the win in fight over Rochester’s school resource officers
    June 17, 2020

    A day after Rochester City Council passed a budget which would remove armed officers from schools, local advocacy groups and activists celebrated a small win,…

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  • Rochester has $7.5 million in CARES cash — and hears lots of ideas on how to spend it
    Rochester has $7.5 million in CARES cash — and hears lots of ideas on how to spend it
    May 8, 2020

    Nearly two dozen people voiced their ideas on how Rochester should spend $7.5 million in federal coronavirus relief funds at a City Council committee meeting…

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  • As early intervention goes virtual, families and therapists improvise
    As early intervention goes virtual, families and therapists improvise
    April 16, 2020

    Distancing measures in place to slow the spread of COVID-19 have pushed early intervention services like Kaia’s physical therapy — required by both state and…

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  • Advocates urge Rochester district to balance cuts
    Advocates urge Rochester district to balance cuts
    April 10, 2020

    Rochester City School District officials have to bridge an $81 million gap in its budget for the upcoming academic year, which means cuts are inevitable.

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  • Rochester School Board approves 175 layoffs, including 109 teachers
    Rochester School Board approves 175 layoffs, including 109 teachers
    December 19, 2019

    The Rochester Board of Education approved laying off 109 teachers, as well as other district staff, in a split vote late Thursday night that moved…

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  • Rochester teachers rally against ‘Christmas massacre’ layoff plan
    Rochester teachers rally against ‘Christmas massacre’ layoff plan
    December 5, 2019

    The chants of “Let teachers teach” and “Education is a right, that’s why we have to fight,” echoed clearly down West Broad Street early Thursday…

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  • Urban Action 10/16
    Urban Action 10/16
    October 16, 2019

    The Children's Agenda will host a forum for county executive and County Legislature candidates at the new Schottland Family YMCA, 2200 Jefferson Road in Pittsford,…

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  • Behind the RCSD budget crisis: pressure and gimmicks
    Behind the RCSD budget crisis: pressure and gimmicks
    October 7, 2019

    Auditors from the state Comptroller’s Office have begun scrutinizing the Rochester City School District’s 2018-19 budget to figure out how the district spent an estimated…

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  • Tim Hortons tragedy underscores child care needs
    Tim Hortons tragedy underscores child care needs
    July 24, 2019

    While a child's death has focused attention on the lack of regulations for outdoor grease traps, it has also generated discussion about a continuing problem…

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  • County lowers fees for subsidized child care
    County lowers fees for subsidized child care
    July 9, 2019

    Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo says she’s reducing the fee that some low-income families pay for child care.

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  • Urban Action 5/15
    Urban Action 5/15
    May 15, 2019

    Susan M. Perry, partnership specialist at the US Census Bureau, and Brigit Hurley, policy and advocacy director for the Children's Agenda, address the importance of…

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  • RCSD officials wrestle with budget priorities
    RCSD officials wrestle with budget priorities
    April 18, 2019

    This year's preparation of the budget for the Rochester City School District is particularly challenging.

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  • Review of the RCSD’s budget proposal offers praise and caution
    Review of the RCSD’s budget proposal offers praise and caution
    April 12, 2019

    The Children’s Agenda annually reviews the Rochester City School District’s budget in an effort to give parents and the public a more transparent and analytical…

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  • An ounce of intervention
    An ounce of intervention
    April 3, 2019

    Monroe County's Early Intervention services are in crisis, just as they are in counties across the state.

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  • Rochester’s school district and the push for change
    Rochester’s school district and the push for change
    March 12, 2019

    Is it time to change the way the Rochester school district is governed? Is it time to have it run by something other than an…

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