Unbroken Record

The Democrat and Chronicle editorial board has never endorsed Willa, and their record remains unbroken with this week’s recommendations.

The good news is that she has gotten elected to the School Board three times without it. So the question is, have city voters already discounted the D&C editorial board as out of touch with city constituents? Or are D&C readers so few that that their opinion doesn’t reach city voters?

The printed endorsements appear altogether, but online, it appears in parts: their overall justification, (restated on Sept 10 in a simple editorial: Don’t Overlook Importance of Voting) and their support for Evans, Adams, Campos, and Williams

Also listed today (September 3) are a number of Guest essays:
Rochester school board should enact ‘students first’ approach by Ronald Hall,
Hold district’s central office accountable by Elizabeth Hallmark,
School board should push teaching reading, math by Ayesha Kreutz, and
Schools should have friendly environment by Larry Neal

Online blogs include:
Larry Neal: A New School Board needs a New Vision and Process
Jane Sutter: Why roch students didn’t go to class on Friday (make sure you look at Willa’s comment!)

Here is a critique of the D&C endorsements – the author isn’t very happy with the D&C!

Drifting farther from the politics of School Board and public input on what the Board should being doing to change the District, here is an article on Bolgen Vargas sooths jangled nerves in Rochester schools, and Hard work pays off even failing schools.

Almost a week old is this article on the School Board decision to post internal audits on its official website.

Update:  Seems that Willa’s Facebook comment to  the editorial blog “Why Roch students didn’t go to class on Friday” has disappeared.  You’ll have to go to the link to read the original article, but here is what she wrote:

“… and consider that if she IS a Hillside Work Scholarship student, why weren’t her mentors all over her to get to school?  Couldn’t her supervisor at Wegmans exert a little influence / coercive power?  The issue is bigger than student’s low expectations for the first day of school.  Our entire community is infected with an epidemic of low expectations.  How about a little help here, neighbors.  (Or in educational vernacular: “community partners”!)”