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Rochester City School District special meeting, Aug 27, 2026

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Rochester school board strips language staff items from resolution pending more data 3:33:54

  • The board approved the consent agenda and accepted the monthly financial report. ~1:33:36
  • District staff presented school opening updates on facilities, transportation and staffing, and Beatriz LeBron-Harris asked how many buses, routes, drivers and monitors were ready. 1:42:26
  • A staff member said 30 transportation routes were still not covered by drivers, and classroom teacher vacancies fell from 288 on July 15th to 58 on August 24th. 1:42:26
  • The board modified Resolution 163 to remove items 1 through 5. 3:35:18

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Item by item (10)
  1. Item 0:18
    • The board voted to enter executive session before the business meeting, which Camille Simmons said started at 6 o'clock PM. 0:18
    • Amy Maloy asked to remove a discussion from the agenda, saying the ad hoc committee felt it was not quite ready to have that discussion that evening. 1:03:52
    • Camille Simmons proposed voting only on the June 18th minutes and taking up the July 30th and August 18th minutes at a future vote. 1:09:26
    • Camille Simmons said the agenda was approved with Policy 2410 removed, and the board moved to accept the June 18th business meeting minutes as written. 1:04:54
  2. Monthly financial report 1:10:16
    • A district staff member said the general fund budget was $999 million after a $4.1 million decrease in state aid and that the fund balance was $312,758,604. 1:10:38
    • The staff member said charter school costs were projected at about $135 million, with about 400 extra students expected to attend charter schools. 1:21:03
    • Isaiah Santiago asked how food service reimbursement works, and Kareem Ba McCullough asked what would happen if charter enrollment rose above projections. 1:22:58
    • Camille Simmons said the motion to accept the financial report carried. 1:33:36
  3. School opening readiness reports 1:34:59
    • The superintendent said school would start Tuesday, September 8th, and that over 110 students were graduating due to summer school. 1:34:59
    • A staff member said 1,061 transportation routes had been assigned and 30 routes were still not covered by drivers. 1:50:38
    • One board member said the board had received confusing transportation information and that the district was heading into a transportation crisis. 2:24:05
  4. Safe and supportive schools monitoring report 2:43:02
    • One board member said frequent leadership changes in schools were a safety and psychological issue for students. 3:00:04
    • Isaiah Santiago asked how the district would balance reporting on psychological and physical safety. 3:14:28
  5. Consent agenda 3:16:09
    • A staff member said the resolution currently spoke to a general fund line and the change would reflect the grant that would support it. 3:17:00
    • The board voted to move Resolution 126 from the consent agenda to the additional resolutions. 3:17:13
    • Camille Simmons said the consent agenda, covering resolutions 124, 125, 128 through 134, and 137 through 154, carried. 3:17:31
  6. Additional resolutions and language staff positions 3:18:10
    • The superintendent asked to withdraw resolutions 162 and 166, and a staff member said those resolutions were removed. 3:18:44
    • One board member asked how students would be supported after cuts to home-school assistant language positions in Resolution 163 and said the vote would be no. 3:23:58
    • One board member said some languages are not easily translated with technology and raised concerns about serving parents who do not read English well. 3:32:27
    • Camille Simmons said Resolution 163 was modified to remove items 1 through 5, and a staff member later said the bundled resolutions vote was 6 to 1. 3:35:51
  7. My Brother's Keeper grant walk-on 3:45:03
    • The superintendent said the board needed to approve a tentative agreement for the district to apply for a My Brother's Keeper Family Community Engagement Program grant. 3:45:44
    • The board voted to rescind its earlier vote on Resolution 185 and waive the 48-hour submission rule so the item could be considered separately. 3:47:47
    • One board member asked why the item came as a walk-on and said the item would not get that vote of support. 3:50:38
  8. Written reports 3:54:19
    • One board member asked the board to consider having the Oracle report submitted as a written report at future business meetings. 3:55:09
    • A staff member said one commissioner was recorded as voting no. 3:56:10
  9. Policies, evaluation and liaison assignments 3:56:16
    • Camille Simmons said first-reading policies would move to second readings. 3:57:11
    • Camille Simmons asked commissioners to give the clerk their availability for additional superintendent evaluation training. 3:58:06
    • Camille Simmons said all school liaison assignments would be redistributed. 3:59:17
  10. Conference reports and announcements 4:02:24
    • Amy Maloy and Dr. Heather Feinman shared reports on the NSBA conference they attended in July. 4:02:45
    • Jacqueline Griffin announced a book bag and footwear event on August 31st, Monday, from 5 to 8. 4:10:13

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