Back To Ground Zero For The Distinguished Educator And RCSD

The Rochester City School District Distinguished Educator Jaime Aquino resigned Friday to pursue other professional opportunities.

In the email to announce Aquino was resigning the State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia said the district’s distinguished educator’s quarterly report outlined some major issues that continue to “hamper the district’s progress”

He said “the district pays little attention to teaching and learning and hasn’t come up with a coherent way to improve learning.”  

But one of the most interesting issues he stated in his report is how the community has “low expectations for students rooted in a deep history of institutional racism.”  

Aquino did express the need for systemic transformation at the city school district, according to WXXI.

Commissioner MaryEllen Elia released this statement:

“Dr. Jaime Aquino has served Rochester’s children, parents, teachers, school leaders, the Board of Education and community with great distinction as Distinguished Educator. His insights on the systemic problems facing the school district and board, as well as his counsel on how to correct those problems, will help improve the education of future generations of children. We thank Dr. Aquino for service and wish him the best in his next chapter. While Dr. Aquino’s contributions have been significant, we know our work is far from done in Rochester. We remain committed to the children of Rochester and will continue our endeavors to ensure they get the high quality education they deserve.”

If you’d like to read the full report click Rochester Quarterly Report April 2019

Again, we are back to square one now where do we go from here?

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