In response to the announcement that Walter Larkin, current CEO of U Prep Charter School is a finalist for the open board of education seat:

We, the educators, parents, and citizens of the Rochester City School District stand united against the continued attacks on our public school system. We are opposed to the appointment of any charter school employees or affiliates to the board. Not only is this a conflict of interest, but the students and educators of the Rochester City School District deserve board members who trust and value PUBLIC education. Any affiliation with a charter school is a conflict of interest, and can only lead to the further privatization of our school district.

These attacks go beyond the appointment of a single board member. Our newest Superintendent has hired charter school executives such as Dr. Kathleen Black, as our new Chief Academic Officer.

We are also seeing gross inequity between what charter schools are able to offer, as they scoop up 6 times more CARES act funding than the RCSD was able to. Currently the students of the RCSD are being deprived of their right to a sound and basic education, while charter schools are able to offer in person schooling because they have access to funding that the RCSD does not.

The writing is on the wall, the Rochester City School District, which serves 80% of the students of this city is being defunded and dismantled. Charter schools are being handed cash and are expanding exponentially. Not only have charter schools been shown to show NO better performance than traditional public schools, but they are also contributing to the immediate starvation of the RCSD, with over 80 million dollars coming from the RCSD budget to charter schools last year alone.

We demand a pro-public education replacement be chosen for the open board of education seat. We need someone who has shown a lifelong dedication to the success of public schools, and who has a vested interest in their continued success. Nothing else will be acceptable to the students, educators, and community members of the RCSD.

Michelle Sapere
Meagan Harris
Claire Labrosa
Kristen French
Amy Schramm
DeLaina Carraway
Rebekka Cranmer
Carrie Gilroy
Ashley Ladiges
Alicia Oddo
Kathryn Rebholz
Angela Reed
Alison Steixner
Sarah M. Clayton
MEGAN SOFIA
Lisa Englert
Victoria Bolton
Rachel Dobbs
Evan wilson
Crescenzo Scipione
Susan Hollister
Drew Langdon
Erica Eaton
Marteal Dellert
Sheila Eagan
Shelly Rosenberg
Lindsay LaVigne-Rapp
Jessica Fleming
Bryant Keicher
Rose Zinni
Renee Dastyck
Kori McCarthy
Kelly L Nauerth
Devin Palmesano-Beach
Donna Degaugh
Dena Ford
Dorothy Skye
Amy Labrosa
Margot Egling
Elaine Erbland
Catherine Haines
Jermaine Davis
Brigitte Wales
Guy Herd
Denae frear
Tim Hartman
Melissa Jacob
Cecelia
David Sutliff-Atias
Cheryl Newton
Julia Clayton
Jameelah Hood
Bridget Strub
John skye
Catie Faltisco
Laurie Baerman
Rosa Roman
Janine Rella
Anthony Plonczynski Figueroa
Danielle Mussaw
Morag Martin
Christine Grose Moynihan
Sarah Kliman
Yanina Rivera
Logan Newman
Susan DeFabbia
Christina Zeck
Tracy Skye-Meli
Meghan Reddington
Davin Reddington
Deborah Morin
Ellen David Friedman
Jack Mottley
Carol Lowe
Ronald Gallo
Karen Schindler
Tara Pios
Caroline Williford
Jeanné Marie Travers
Tracy Pakusch
Lianne Dupree
Sharon Silvio
Tia Hollinsworth
Sharon Peck
Rebekka Cranmer
carla romero
Kamaria Dorsey-Curtis
Kelley Mariano
Peter Strub
Madeleine Grandon
Benjamin Kieran
Madeleine Grandon
Ted Forsyth
Katherine H. Wardlow
Molly Gildea
Andrew Thomas
Anjoli Moise
Nicole Drechsler
Dina Giovanelli
Carol Hubbell
Jennifer A Johnson
Mindy K
Serafina Chinappi
Christin Babcock
Mal Osypian
Joseph Dellaquila
Jesse Peers
Mike Sportiello
Nathan Hetherington
Catherine Bauroth
Katie Pastecki
Natalie Barnum
Warren Lloyd
Colleen adam
Lauren Freese
Cory Robinson
Laura Delehanty
Meagan Harris
Daniel Delehanty
Joshua Cornue
Julia Lima
Carol r zimmerman
Catherine Hoodak
Dassha Colon
Rachel Barnhart
Tamiko Matthews
Erika Sorbello
Adam Henne
Sara Gaudioso
Sophia Alesi
Schuyler B Kelley
Amanda Flannery
Rachel Rosen Simpson
Victoria Robertson
Dorothy Caine
Douglas Caine
Ronald Gallo
Zahyia Rolle-Knox
Ishimara Rivera-Delgado
Zach Kadar
Arseniy Gutnik
Sarah Laiosa
Johanna
Wade Keye
Bridget Mundorff
Marybeth Callahan
Shelby Otis
Stephanie Davis
Jacob Rohan
Michelle Metallo
Christopher Thompson
Allie Dentinger
David Baldwin
Erin Obi
ELINEL TORRES
Autumn Timothy
Tracey Farmer
Jim Greco
Kristine Price
Elena Rebholz
Glenda Gano
Kristin Moo
Kearstin Brown-Warren
Asa Shutts
Anne Baughman
Deborah Morin
Jacob Morin
Leah Elliott
Gipsy Escobar
Adrian Martin
Sam Binder
Brian Andres Scott
Jamie Nunes
Lisa Reyea
Keri Stetson
Erin Rebholz
Elizabeth Bremmer
Denise Anderson
Jeremy Morrow
Erica Robinson
Paul Robinson
Laura Hammond
Betty Duhart
Anthony McCabe
Marirose Sansone
William Rivera-Bloodworth
Christina Fields
Michael Tomb
Laura Smith
Roxanne Hawkins
Alijah Wofford
Barbara Van Kerkhove
Mary Staropoli
Michael Tobin
benita  l scott
Olivia Garber
Alexis Butler
Michelle Roberts
Elizabeth Tornatore
Sarah Vane
Madison Roberts
Holli Phillips
Tamalyn Pritchard
Rosa Terlazzo
Catherine Tesoriero
Jonathan Giordano
Melanie Gockley
Jake Jacobs
Marybeth Mueller
Madeline Tadeux
Kathleen MacIntyre-Ross
Alex Wirth
Marcia Wright
Sharon Dewitt
Susan Klawon
Adam MacIntyre-Ross
Grant E. Marthinsen
Sandra Good
Chloe Johnson
Kerry Hall
Shawgi Tell
Becky Jagla
Julie Janish
Paul Tremblay
Diane Leo e
Sharon Bergh
Annie Biedrzycki
Shelby Theis
Shawna Hochadel
Gene Grabiner
Christine Herne
Lucas Hine
Gina Colucci
Qharles Staszewski
Mary Prochaska
Warren Lloyd
Simone Hardaway
Dan Pulvino
Jeanie Anderson
Margaret Donlon
Anna Nicchitta
Kathryn Frank
Joshua A Dubler
Sarah Rebholz
Deanna Calvert
Eileen Graham
Mary Lupien
John J Kozlowski
Robin Wilt
Kathleen Cavalieri
Susan Crwson
Amy Reger Jacobs
Karen Starr
Melissa Okeen
Maria Hambas
Patrick Murphy
Sam Barrett
Janice Strauss
Daniel Hart
Louise wagner
Jennifer Marsh
Julie Mitchell
Leslie Bell
Cynthia Butterworth
Kristine M Fredrick
Bernie Klos
Ismael Sanchez
Christine Valerio
Elizabeth Brown
Janine Sopp
Susan Walsh
Pamela Kim Adams
Kyle Brown
Cathy Smith
Kerry Keyes
John A Bunce Jr
Leia Petty
Maggie Tonkinson
Jayda Cooke, RD
Jennifer Little
Anaid Nieves
Christine Rankie
Savonne Crews
Kathy McHugh
Denise Young
Meghan Kehrer
Andrew Kehrer
Margaret Koch
Thomas Koch
Bethany Oyer
Sue Writz
Zora Gussow
Abigail McHugh-Grifa
Gail Garrett
Diane M Pfleegor
Andrea Borrelli
Leslie Hunter
Graham Hughes
Tasha G
Carla Carey
Anna M. Nicpon
Gwendolyn Glenn
Lindsey Feigenbaum
Karen Schindler
Sarah McGinnis
Marcella Richer
Patty Yildirim