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This is a corrected version of this story. A dispute over the borrowing for school improvements seems to have grown sharper. Late last night, the State Senate approved a bill proposed by Rochester's Joe Robach, dealing with the funding. Earlier this week, the Assembly passed a bill sponsored by
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The Rochester School District, already trying to deal with a major budget problem and bad news about student achievement, has a new crisis on its hands: a rebellion by its teachers union, which is now pushing the school board to get rid of Superintendent Jean-Claude Brizard. This is the first time
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Former acting mayor Tom Richards handily won the Democrats' nomination for mayor at Saturday's Democratic convention. But former mayor Bill Johnson immediately jumped into intense campaign mode, working to get the 1500 petition signatures he'll need to get on the ballot for the March 29 special election. Johnson had hoped that
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The City of Rochester's chief lawyer, Tom Richards, has registered as a Democrat, leaving open the possibility that he could either accept an appointment as interim mayor or run for mayor in an election. If Mayor Bob Duffy becomes the state's lieutenant general in January, Rochester will have to get a
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Even though Rochester has been buzzing for weeks about mayoral control, city schools Superintendent Jean-Claude Brizard has been relatively mum on the subject. That's understandable. Whatever he says, he risks offending either his current boss, the School Board, or his possible future boss, Mayor Bob Duffy. But in a recent interview,
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Former MCC Board Chair Lori Van Dusen says that she was acting within board guidelines when she appointed a committee to look for a new president. The board's bylaws give the board chair the responsibility for appointing committees, Van Dusen said in a statement at today's board meeting. And, she
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Attorney John Parrinello, a longtime member of the Monroe Community College board of trustees, is urging board president Richard Guon to scrap the current search for a president and begin a new one.Parrinello has sent a letter to Guon, asking him to "convene a special meeting prior to the interview
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The public's disgust with the Rochester School Board is palpable. The district's $630 million budget, its low graduation rate, and its low test scores have revived talk of mayoral control. Some critics argue that at the least, the mayor should be able to appoint two board members. Voters may feel
