Incoming Rochester City Council members, starting second from left, Nick Miller, Dan Doering, Randy Schubring and Andy Friederichs, stop for a photo during a tour of the Rochester Recreation ...

After months of discussion and analysis, the School Board has approved a restructuring of the way it funds the schools in the district. The School Board approved the decision on Tuesday, Jan. 7, after ...

Public Schools Superintendent Kent Pekel is recommending the removal of a book from elementary school libraries, despite a recommendation by a review committee in the district to keep it. The item is ...

A national advocacy group has filed a federal civil rights complaint against Rochester Public Schools (RPS) alleging ...

ROCHESTER — For Rochester Public Schools, the overarching story of 2024 was the fight for additional funding, and its ultimate success to convince voters to approve an operating levy that will ...

But, he was still awake, waiting for the local results to materialize about whether voters agreed to provide more funding for Rochester Public Schools. Part of the promise Pekel made leading up to the ...

Class AA: Thomas Bailey (McQuaid), Ronan Boyle (Penfield), Josh Campbell (Aquinas), Dan Cohen (Pittsford), Zach Couch (McQuaid), Xavier Cox (McQuaid), John DiBattisto ...

ROCHESTER — With a new elementary school planned to open in 2025 on Salmon Falls Road, the city School Board and the public got a first look at three options for redistricting students in the fall.

A national parents’ rights group has filed a federal complaint against Rochester Public Schools alleging that the district engaged in race-based discrimination in its efforts to boost minority ...

Enrolments in independent schools are growing, while fewer students are going to public schools. Why are more families choosing an independent or Catholic school, when they could send their ...

Rochester, N.Y. – It’s that time of year when the Rochester Public Market invites the public to whip up their best-baked goods to enter the Holiday Cookie Contest. Held in conjunction with the ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A panel of food critics met at the Rochester Public Market on Sunday to judge cookies from the best amateur bakers in the area. Bakers had a chance to drop off half a dozen ...