The Rochester City School District is a public school district that serves approximately 32,000 children and 10,000 adults in the city of Rochester, New York, with over 6,000 employees and a 2010–2011 operating budget of $693.7 million (approximately $16,500 per student). The average class size ranges from 18 to 25 students. Rochester City Schools consistently post below-average results when compared to the rest of New York State.
The school district is run by a board of education that sets school policy and approves school spending. The board hires a superintendent under contract to carry out its policies.
The board of education consists of seven members, elected biennially, who serve staggered four-year terms.
The current board members are:
Van Henri White, PresidentCynthia Elliot, Vice PresidentMary AdamsJose CruzMalik EvansElizabeth HallmarkWilla PowellJa'quez Cochran, Student RepresentativeThe superintendent carries out board policy from the district's administrative offices on Broad Street in the city of Rochester. Beneath the superintendent are the following executives
Deputy Superintendent of Teaching and LearningChief of School InnovationChief Strategy OfficerChief of Youth Development and Family ServicesChief Communications OfficerChief of AccountabilityChief of Human Capital InitiativesDeputy Superintendent of AdministrationAll school chiefs report to the Deputy Superintendent of Teaching and Learning.
Martin B. Anderson School No. 1 (PreK-6), Principal - Kimberly Harris-PappinClara Barton School No. 2 (PreK-6), Principal - Pamela RutlandNathaniel Rochester Community School No. 3 (K-8), Principal - Rodney MooreGeorge Mather Forbes School No. 4 (K-8), Principal - Karon JacksonJohn Williams School No. 5 (PreK-8), Principal - Joanne WidemanVirgil I. Grissom School No. 7 (PreK-6), Principal - David LincolnRoberto Clemente School No. 8 (PreK-8), Principal - Laurel Avery-DeToyDr. Martin Luther King, Jr. School No. 9 (PreK-6), Principal - Sharon JacksonDr. Walter Cooper Academy School No. 10 (PreK-6), Principal - Camaron ClyburnJames P.B. Duffy School No. 12 (K-7), Principal - Jen GkourliasThe Children's School of Rochester No. 15 (K-6), - Principal - Jay PiperJohn Walton Spencer School No. 16 (PreK-8), Principal - Carla RobertsEnrico Fermi School No. 17 (PreK-8), Principal - Caterina Leone-ManninoDr. Charles T. Lunsford School No. 19 (PreK-8), Principal - Margaret BrazwellHenry Lomb School No. 20 (PreK-6), Principal - D'Onnarae JohnsonAbraham Lincoln School No. 22 (PreK-6), Principal - Clinton BellFrancis Parker School No. 23 (PreK-6), Principal - John GonzalezNathaniel Hawthorne School No. 25 (PreK-6), Principal - Deborah LazioHenry Hudson School No. 28 (K-8), Principal - Susan LaddAdlai E. Stevenson School No. 29 (PreK-6), Principal - Joe BaldinoJohn James Audubon School No. 33 (PreK-6), Principal - Larry EllisonDr. Louis A. Cerulli School No. 34 (PreK-6), Principal - Carmine PelusoPinnacle School No. 35 (K-6), Principal - Brenda SantanaAndrew J. Townson School No. 39 (PreK-6), Principal - Jacquelyn CoxKodak Park School No. 41 (PreK-6), Principal - Lisa WhitlowAbelard Reynolds School No. 42 (PreK-6), Principal - Beverley PringleTheodore Roosevelt School No. 43 (PreK-6), Principal - Richard SmithLincoln Park School No. 44 (PreK, 1-6), Principal - Donna Gattelaro-AndersenMary McLeod Bethune School No. 45 (PreK-8), Principal - Rhonda MorienCharles Carroll School No. 46 (PreK-6), Principal - T'Hani PantojaHelen Barrett Montgomery School No. 50 (PreK-8), Principal - Connie WehnerFrank Fowler Dow School No. 52 (PreK-6), Principal - Mary AronsonMontessori Academy School No. 53 (PreK-6), Principal - Shirley GreenThe Flower City School No. 54 (K-6), Principal - Lessie Hamilton-RoseEarly Childhood School of Rochester No. 57 (PreK-2), Principal - Roshon BradleyWorld of Inquiry School No. 58 (K-12), Principal - Sheelarani WebsterJoseph C. Wilson Foundation Academy (K-5, 7-8), Principal - Deasure MatthewEast Lower School (6-8), Principal - Tanya WilsonEast Upper School (9-12), Principal - Marlene BlockerEdison Career & Technology High School (9-12), Principal - Walter LarkinIntegrated Arts & Technology High School (7-12), Principal - Kevin KleinJames Monroe High School (7-12), Principal - Sandra Chevalier-BlackmanJoseph C. Wilson Magnet High School Commencement Academy (9-12), Principal - Julie RoselliLeadership Academy for Young Men (7-12), Principal - Wakili MooreNortheast College High School (9-12), Principal - Linus GuilloryNorthwest Junior High at Douglass (7-8), Principal - Barbara ZelaznyRochester Early College International High School (9-12), Principal - Uma MehtaSchool of the Arts (7-12), Principal - Brenda PachecoSchool Without Walls Commencement Academy (9-12), Principal - Idonia OwensVanguard Collegiate High School (9-12), Principal - Bonnie AtkinsOther Programs and Departments
All City High (7-12), Administrator - Armando RamirezBig Picture Learning School (9-12), Administrator - Michael AllenFamily Learning Center, Administrator - Paul BurkeFlorence S. Brown PreK Center (PreK-2), Administrator - Rose Marie UrzettaHomeless Students & Families Program (PreK-12), Administrator - Elizabeth ReyesLyncX Academy (7-12), Administrator - Christopher SmithNative American Resource Center, Administrator - Perry GroundNorthSTAR, Administrator - Marcia PeaseOffice of Parent Engagement, Administrator - Eva ThomasP-TECH Rochester Pathways to Technology Program (9-10), Administrator - Anthony SmithRochester Early Childhood Education Center (PreK 3 & 4), Administrator - Lisa Traficante-LoncaoRochester International Academy (4-12), Administrator - Mary Andrecolich-DiazRochester Preschool Parent Program, Administrator - Rebecca BoyleStudent Equity & Placement/Language Assessment, Administrator - Karl KaniaUniversal Prekindergarten & Early Childhood Programs (Pre-K), Administrator - Robin HooperYoung Mothers & Interim Health Academy/Home Hospital Tutoring, Administrator - Anthony RobinsonYouth & Justice Program, Administrator - Margaret PorterIn 2007, the New York State Education Department named 14 Rochester elementary schools among the state’s “most improved” schools in English language arts and/or math. Newsweek ranked Wilson Magnet High School 49th among the nation’s top 100 high schools based on advanced curriculum.
The Children's Institute, a non-profit children’s advocacy organization, has ranked the district's pre-K program one of the best in the nation.
In 2003, a plan to redesign the grade-level configuration was approved by the board of education. It changed the district from one of elementary schools (preK–5), middle schools (6–8) and high schools (9–12) to one of elementary schools (pre-K–6) and secondary schools (7–12). The plan was implemented in stages over four years.
