Minority Reporter Week of July 15 - 21, 2013

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Black Women are Increasingly inCharge of Upstate School Districts

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Ibero-American Action LeagueSeeks to Improve Latinos EducationStandards Teen Driver in Brighton SchoooBus Crash Pleads MCC Stakes its ClaimPermanently Downtown After KodakPurchase Vargas Appoints New Principal toSchool No. 3 Aids Care Announce NameChange to Trillium Health

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Dear Editor:

With regard to teachers being absentfrom school, I want to make surepeople are aware that there aresoluons to our districts problems.

I have been a teacher for the RochesterCity School District since 1992.Currently, I am a per-diem substuteteacher K-12. Here are some soluons:

1. Hire more Home/HospitalInstructors. These dedicated ceredteachers teach 4 students per day, 2hours per day. They service long-term-suspended students, young mothers,school phobics, and students that are in

the hospital. The RCSD used to carry asta of 90 H/H Instructors unl budgetcuts. Their responsibilies included:nding their students, teaching thestudents, and recommending long-term students back to school whenthey were ready,

2. Provide more alternave programs,i.e. a BOCES downtown.

3. Bring back Josh Loon - an alternaveschool for troubled students,

4. Bring back Clinton Avenue LearningCenter - an alternave school thatserviced long-term-suspendedstudents. CALC had ten self-contained

classrooms with 15 students perclassroom in a well-run school. Thestudents got to school by publictransportaon, had no breakfast, fourhours of instrucon, and no lunch.Students were recommended backto school by their teacher when theywere ready. The students had to aend

school every day, have good behavior,and complete classroom assignments.I do not remember assigning anyhomework. There was also a stamember that would help a studenttransion back to school. Teachersresponsibilies included: teaching andmaking home visits.

5. Have administrators and teacherslive in the city and have their kidsaend city schools,

6. Have social welfare benets beaected by their kid(s) performancein school: aendance, behavior, andgrades,

7. Full-day Universal Pre-k for all 3 and4 year olds,

8. Test all kids before pre-k and teacherinuence, cognively and socially.If the students do not know how torespect themselves, peers, or adults,they will be held back from preschool.At this point the kids will get servicesto help them gain social skills, doctors,social workers, etc.

9. Universal Pre-K teachers willhave to report all bullying acts to anadministrator, who will then report itto the students guardian.

10. Trained, cered teachers will

connue providing instrucon in In-School-Suspension rooms, not teacherassistants as proposed!

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Ibero-American Action LeagueSeeks to Improve Latino Education Standards

Hilda Rosario Escher, president andCEO of Ibero-American Acon Leagueis concerned and determined to ndan answer and soluon to why theLano graduaon rates connueto drop while Lano dropout ratesconnue to rise.

Escher along with community leaders,churches, neighborhood focus groupsand other concerned cizens hosted apress conference to address the recentdrop in graduaon numbers in the cityschools Wednesday.

New stascs show that the graduaonrate for 2013 has dropped by over 10percent compared to last year.

It deeply concerns us as an agency tosee these new graduaon stascs,Escher said. This is not only aRochester problem, it is a naonalproblem; and although we are notexempt we need to come togetherand begin to work for the beermentof our young people.

In October 2010 Ibero-AmericanAcon League held a focus group andpresented to the community a study

that was done in collaboraon withthe University of Rochesters WarnerSchool of Educaon, supported bythe Rochester City School District andformer superintendent Jean-ClaudeBrizzard.

The team did extensive researchregarding educaon in the City ofRochester.

The report detailed the contribungfactors that result in Lano studentseither dropping out of school or notgraduang.

Students interviewed for the studysaid violence within the school, school

security failures, transportaon issues,and racism were all major distraconsfrom their educaonal success causingthem to drop out or not graduate onme.

Escher said in addion to what thestudents menoned, there are otherissues as welllanguage being themost dicult.

I believe that the language barrieris the biggest issue and as the Lano

community increases, youre goingto have more kids with a languagebarrier, Escher said. Its not just oneissue, its several race issues, safetyissues that involve many other kidsof ethnic backgrounds. We need duallanguage classes and more teachers.

The report recommended theimplementaon of specic acon itemsthat were thought to help remedy thedirect and indirect issues aecnghigh school educaon, includingbeer security standards and policiesin the schools, more communicaonbetween the school and the parents ofLano students, workshops centeredon racial tolerance, inclusion and

social jusce for students and sta.

Escher said some of therecommendaons were to increase theavailability of bilingual programs. Weneed bilingual programs that alreadyexist to be expanded and brought toall the schools. We need an increase incommunity-based programs becausethe students feed o of the support ofthe community in their aendance andmovaon to stay in school. The nextstep is basically having conversaons

with the superintendent to see whatcan be done. We have a meengscheduled with Dr. Vargas.

The Chair of the Educaon Task Force,Anthony Plonczynski; Rochester CitySchool Board Commissioner, MeliszaCampos; members of The EducaonTask Force commiee and othercommunity leaders, including leadersfrom the Hispanic community were inaendance.

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Teen driver in Brighton school bus crash pleadsROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - John Zakharythe 17-year-old was driving a BMWthat slammed into the back-end of aslow-moving school bus on WarrenAve. has pleaded guilty to assault andreckless driving charges in a deal thatwill send him to jail for four weekends.

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Zakhary entered the plea Wednesdayin Monroe County Court to two felonycounts of second-degree assault andsingle misdemeanor counts of third-degree assault and reckless driving.In addion to the jail me, hell do12 jail work weekends, 200 hoursof community service and be onprobaon for ve years.

Zakhary and three other Brighton HighSchool students in the car were hurtwhen he rear-ended the bus on Oct. 9in the Rochester suburb. None of thefour students on the bus or their driverwas hurt.

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Monroe County has completed thepurchase of Eastman Kodak Company

property for Monroe CommunityColleges (MCC) new Downtowncampus early Wednesday aernoon.Monroe County Execuve MaggieBrooks and MCC President Anne M.Kress made the announcement.

"For more than a decade, MCCstudents, faculty, and sta havewaited paently for local leaders towork together and deliver a state-of-the-art Downtown campus ng ofthe College's world-class academicreputaon," said Brooks. "Today wereached another milestone in thatlong journey when Monroe County,acng as the College's primarygovernment sponsor, completed

the purchase of MCC's future StateStreet home. I would like to thankPresident Kress, the MCC Board ofTrustees, the MCC student body, SUNYChancellor Zimpher, and the strongbi-parsan support of the MonroeCounty Legislature for advancing thisimportant project."

The purchase received unanimoussupport from the SUNY Board ofTrustees and was authorized by the

Monroe County Legislature in Februaryfor $2.999 million.

Finalizing this sale puts us one stepcloser to transforming our temporarypresence downtown into a permanentone, said Kress. My thanks go toCounty Execuve Brooks and herteam, the Monroe County Legislature,the SUNY Board of Trustees, the MCCBoard of Trustees and the thousands ofother individuals who have supportedour search for a campus that meetsthe standard this communitydeserves: a campus that balancesscal responsibility with inspiraon forour students."

The process of securing architecturalservices for the design of the new

campus is underway. The Collegehopes to occupy its permanentdowntown campus in 2017.

"As a longme supporter of adowntown campus, I'm glad to seeMCC moving into the Kodak Building,said Kenneth Warner, ExecuveDirector, UNICON. I believe that thismove will bring jobs to local laborand will make great advancementsfor the downtown atmosphere.

Congratulaons to President Kress and

everyone else who has worked hardon this project."

The new Downtown Campus has thestrong support of MCC students, whohave long supported the Kodak site.

I want to express my sincere gratudeto everyone who played a role inmaking this day happen, making thismove possible, said Deborah L. Leach,who is Damon City Campus Student

Events and Governance Associaon

(SEGA) President, 2013-14. It meansso much to us at Damon City Campus tohave a place to call our own. Becauseof this move we will be able to housemore students and more programs.This move gives us more green space,more places for students to gather. Itwill also allow us to hold more qualityevents for our students.

MCC Stakes its Claim Permanently Downtown After Kodak Purchase

Vargas Appoints ew Principal to School o. 3

Aer enlisng three former RochesterCity School District (RCSD) leaders lastweek to help turn around failing cityschools, Superintendent of SchoolsBolgen Vargas is calling on anothereducaonal expert for help.

Vargas last week appointed RodneyMoore, a middle school administratorfrom Virginia, as Principal of NathanielRochester School No. 3.

Moore brings 19 years of experience asa professional educator to Rochester,including 12 years as an administratorat middle schools in the Fairfax Countyand Loudon County public schooldistricts in Virginia. He is a member of

the Naonal Associaon for SecondarySchool Principals, the Associaon

for Middle Level Educaon, theAssociaon for Supervision andCurriculum Development, and theNaonal Alliance of Black SchoolEducators.

Since 2006, Mr. Moore has been therst and only Principal of Stone HillMiddle School in Ashburn, Virginia,which currently educates nearly 1,400students in grades 6 through 8. In 2011,the school was recognized as a topachiever on the Virginia Schools toWatch list sponsored by the NaonalForum to Accelerate Middle GradesReform. The school has also receiveda Competence to Excellence awardfrom the Virginia Board of Educaon,

and was named a Top School by theJohns Hopkins University Center for

Talented Youth.

Rodney Moore is a proven schoolleader with a track record of successin other districts, and we aredelighted that he bringing his talentsto Rochester, said Vargas. I amcondent that he will work aggressivelyand eecvely to improve studentachievement for the families at SchoolNo. 3, and that his fresh perspecvewill be a resource for other Districtadministrators and teachers.

Moore is will assume his post laterthis month. His appointment must beapproved by the Board of Educaon,which is expected to vote at the July

29th meeng. Rodney Moore

The great minds of the toy industry willbe honored alongside their famouscreaons when the Toy Industry Hallof Fame combines with the NaonalToy Hall of Fame under a partnershipannounced Tuesday.

The 5,000-square-foot Naonal ToyHall of Fame gallery at the Strongmuseum in Rochester will undergo $4million in renovaons, with the goal of

opening the combined hall in the fallof 2015.

The Toy Industry Hall of Fame, whoseinductees have included Milton

Bradley, Frederick August Oo Schwarz,Walt Disney and George Lucas, hasbeen without a physical presence forabout eight years following the closureof the Internaonal Toy Center in NewYork City.

Leaders of both halls have been talkingfor some me about combining thetwo as a way to raise their visibilityand exposure and to promote their

educaonal missions.

With its unique emphasis on thepower of play, the Strong is an idealhome for this homage to both the

toys that have inuenced generaonsof children and the innovave mindsthat brought them to life, CarterKeithley, president of the Toy IndustryAssociaon, said at a news conferenceat the Strong museum, where itemslike alphabet blocks, roller skates, theFrisbee, Lincoln Logs and the sckoccupy places of honor.

The combined halls, with high-tech

and hands-on interacve displays,will enable visitors to explore howcultural trends, gender and changingtechnologies have shaped the design,producon and markeng of toys,

ocials said, including how gameslike Monopoly and The Game of Lifereinforced faith in capitalism and thepursuit of the American dream.

The Naonal Toy Hall of Fame wasestablished in 1998 and acceptsnominaons from anyone. A naonalselecon commiee composed ofhistorians, educators and otherschoose the annual selecons. The Toy

Industry Hall of Fame was establishedin 1985 by the Toy Industry Associaonand inducts about two people a yearfrom among industry nominees.

Strong Museum to house Toy Industry Hall of Fame


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AIDS Care Announce ameChange to Trillium Health

Last week, AIDS Care, CEO Jay Rudman,

announced the organizaon changedtheir name to Trillium Health.

Rudman says the new name will givethe organizaon a more welcomingimage and expand their services.

Our new name and services oeredat Trillium Health are more reecveof the unique benets we providefor our paents, Rudman said. Werepresent a more inclusive paentreach.

New services oered at Trillium Healthwill include womens and lesbian-gay-bisexual and transgender (LGBT)-specic health care in addion, to

the current array of services: primarycare, specialty care, on-site pharmacyand laboratory, sexual health and pre-exposure HIV prevenon, nutrion,counseling, and supporve services.

AIDS Care has been a regional

nonprot health organizaon that hasprovided medical care and supportservices to individuals living with HIVfor more than 30 years across theRochester, Finger Lakes and SouthernTier regions.

Trillium Health will extend our modelof care to HIV negave individualswho are seeking a beer health-careexperience and who may have unmethealth needs, said Rudman.

Several dignitaries were in aendanceto share in the announcement,including Congresswoman Louise M.Slaughter, State Senator Joseph E.Robach, State Assemblyman Harry B.

Bronson and Bryant Sanders, RegionalAssistant in the Oce of SenatorKirsten E Gillibrand.

Back row- Le to right- Dr. William Valen, Senior Vice President for Organizaons Advancementand Sta Physician; Dr. Clint J. Koenig, AIDS Care; Brian ONeill, local arst and great friendof AIDS Care; Joseph Robach, Senator; Anne Nenneau, tesmonial/former board chair and

present vice-chair of AIDS Care. Front row- Le to right: Harry Bronson, Assemblyman; BryantSanders, Regional Assistant and representave from Senator Gillibrands oce; Louise Slaughter,

Congresswoman; Jay Rudman, president and chief execuve ocer, AIDS Care / Photo courtesy

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Although the positionof superintendent hastraditionally been heldby males, recently therehas been an increasein the number of women,particularly women ofcolor, taking on the role inupstate New York.

Syracuse, North Syracuse,

Albany, Auburn, Brockport, andBualo are six areas in the upperpart of New York State, WesternNew York and the Finger LakesRegion, where school districtsare being run by femalesuperintendents from diverseethnic backgrounds.

Some of the reasons for theincrease may be the rerementof previous school districtadministrators, the elecon ofnew school board members,

or simply that there are morecandidates seeking the posion.

Whatever the case, thesepioneers of their eld say theyare here to stay and hope to seethe trend connue to grow.

According to the AmericanAssociaon of SchoolAdministrators report,TheAmerican SchoolSuperintendent: 2010Decennial Study, 24 percent

of superintendents naonwideare women, compared to 13.2percent in the year 2000. UpstateNew York is part of that increase.

A TRAILBLAzER I SYRACUSE

Syracuse City School DistrictSuperintendent Sharon Contreras isthe rst woman of color to serve assuperintendent of a big ve district inthe history of the state.

Aer previously serving as chiefacademic ocer of the Providence, R.I.school district, she was unanimouslyvoted into the posion by the Syracuseschool board in July 2011.

According to Contreras, the ascensionof minority women to the posionis important, not only to ensurethat employers are making race andgender-based neutral decisions, but toset an example for the most importantmembers of the district, its students.

It is incredibly important that thesuperintendency is representave ofthe students that we serve, she said.Students need to see leaders wholook just like them. It helps them toknow that they, too, can achieve athigh levels.

But, while their numbers aregrowing, the number of minoritysuperintendents in the posion areslow-moving overall in comparisonto their representaon as minoritygroups in the general populaon.

According to a 1990 New YorkTimes arcle tled Educaon;Great Expectaons Hobble BlackSuperintendents, part of the problemmay be that, oenmes, minoritysuperintendents are hired to overseeschools in struggling urban districtswith few resources and large gaps instudent achievement.

They increasingly nd themselvesunder re, the arcle states. Soughtaer most oen by school districtsin ruin, yet held to what they see asa higher standard than their whitepredecessors, they face double-edgedcricism, from whites who raisequesons about their authority andfrom blacks who are impaent forradical improvements.

As a result, many have also seentheir tenures grow troubled and endprematurely, said the arcle.

Therefore, even though she hasfaced several inequies along theway, its the complex issues minoritysuperintendents face that have posedthe biggest challenge, Contreras said.

Im not sure its about being a womanor being a man, but it certainly iscomplicated, she said. Becauseoen when minority superintendentsare invited to be superintendents ofschool districts, the school districtsare in crisis. Theyre in scal crisis andacademic crisis. The buildings are indisrepair. And, Im not talking aboutSyracuse, Im saying in urban schooldistricts all over the country. And, youknow, you come in and everybodysupset with you because theres anexpectaon that you have to x thisimmediately. But the district is in thegreatest crisis its ever been. And,its not just the enre communitythat wants it xed; even the minoritycommunity is frustrated, and wantsyou to x it immediately. I rememberon my seventh day on the job here,I got a note that said, You haventdone anything. And I just said, Youre

right. Youre absolutely right, it wasmy seventh day. And, you know,people are highly crical and theydont understand that by the mewe have goen to the place wherewe take over the districts, there havebeen decades and decades of studentacademic failure and scal crisis. Itsjust really dicult to turn that around,and to turn the culture around. Thatsmore dicult to turn around than theacademic failure.

However, Contreras said, as long asschool districts and school boardsare willing to take a chance onwomen, its a sign that the culture ofthe superintendency is changing. Inaddion, she said its important toembrace these challenges in order tobecome and remain successful in theposion.

Ive worked with the communityto develop a ve-year strategicplan, she said. Its called GreatExpectaons. The plan focuses on vegoals including teaching and learning;eecve teachers and leaders; supportstructures for students; accountabilityand improved communicaon. Ourbudget is aligned to these ve goals,and I strongly believe that if we staythe course, we will improve studentoutcomes for all children and decreasethe student achievement gap.

Consequently, SCSD has recentlybeen awarded $31.5 million in statecompeve grants to improve itsstruggling schools in an eort that hasbeen spearheaded by Contreras.She said the key to her success so farhas been staying consistent and notleng others pressure her into hastydecisions.

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Following Contreras appointment,Bualo Public Schools SuperintendentPamela Brown became the secondwoman of color to preside over a big

ve district in the state, in July 2012.

As superintendent of anotherstruggling district, Brown currentlyleads a group of schools with studentstotaling 34,000. She has over 20 yearsof experience in public educaon.

Previously, Brown served as seniorresearch and planning associate forthe Center for Educaonal Leadershipand Technology in Marlborough,Mass. She also held a prior posion

as assistant superintendent for theschool district of Philadelphia, andworked in the Charloe-MecklenburgSchool District.

According to the Bualo Public Schoolsweb site, Brown has demonstrated

the ability to turn schools around andachieve student success, regardless ofeconomic challenges faced by studentsand their families, and her dues inBualo coincide well with previousprograms and projects she hasoverseen during her career, includingthe development of innovavecurricula, school construcon projects,and the establishment of partnershipswith universies, businesses andorganizaons.

A CALLI I ALBAY

Marguerite Vanden Wyngaardbecame the rst African-Americanfemale named to the posion ofsuperintendent in the City SchoolDistrict of Albany in September 2012.

Vanden Wyngaard said she realized

her calling aer earning a Ph.D. ineducaon from Kent State University.

I was seeking posions where I believedI could have a signicant impact,she said. While I was promotedquickly within all organizaons, ineducaon, I determined that thesuperintendent posion would giveme the best opportunity to provideheroic leadership to meet and exceedthe calling for my life.

Previously, in her career she worked tocombat racism in the area of educaonas well.

In my former district, we worked

with both Dr. Glenn Singleton fromPacic Educaon Alliance as well asDr. Eric Cooper from the NaonalUrban Alliance to tackle the impactof systemic racism in educaon; andto create a system of teaching thatallowed our teachers to learn toteach within a culturally responsiveand appropriate manner, she said.Geng a community to talk honestlyand openly about race and racism wasa daunng task, and ulmately ledto the rerement of my immediate

superintendent from the district.However, within that seven-yearmeframe the district shrunk itsachievement gap by 60 percent acrossthe district and I am very proud of thatwork.

According to Vanden Wyngaard, moreAfrican-American women named totop posts in school districts would onlyhelp students, and the districts, tosucceed.

I believe that an increase in diversityat the senior leadership posion asarculated by gender, race, ethnicity,language, sexual identy can onlybenet educaon, she stated. Itbenets educaon from a studentperspecve, as members of the varietyof underrepresented groups are ableto see and be mentored by seniorfemale leaders is important. Second,a female superintendent, who reectsa diverse society can by posion and

aliaon seek and strengthen bondsacross those arcial boundaries toforge and build new and strongerpartnerships; perhaps easier than onewho is from the dominant populaon.

Yet, while the track record for femaleAfrican-American superintendentssuggests that many have shortertenures in these posions than others,Vanden Wyngaard said she is condentshe will surpass those limitaons.

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10 www.minorityreporter.net |july 15 - 21|2013I am posive that my tenure willexceed expectaons, she said. I havestrong support from the community,strategic partners, as well as the schoolboard; and, for that, I am grateful.

Vanden Wyngaard said she is alsocurrently focused on measures toensure that CSDA students staycommied to educaon, as well asconnually working to increase levelsof achievement.

I know what has to happensystemically for the district, and I ampung systems and people in posionsto become leaders for change, shesaid. The response and decisions arenot easy to make as we raise the barof expectaons while living with theconstant threat of budget limitaons.However, the process that I use is basedon the development of processes forall people who inuence the budgetto ensure that they understand thedecision-making process and roles andresponsibilies. As this begins to beunderstood, the percepon of threatbecomes reduced as the public andpartners fully understand the raonalebehind the decisions.

And, although she has only beensuperintendent for a short periodof me, Vanden Wyngaard said herstrategic plan for the district lasts unl2020: and its something she intendsto see through.

I hope to be here for an extendedme, she said. My plans only includemy current posion as I have nallyearned a posion, where I can havea powerful impact for students lives,challenge and create new learningopportunies with our strategicpartners. There is nowhere else Iwould rather be.

In the meanme, she said the key toher success has been her ability tolearn the system quickly, as well as ndthe best methods for improvement.

ISPIRED I AUBUR

Auburn Enlarged City School DistrictSuperintendent Constance Evelyn saidshe has similar goals when it comes tomaking a dierence in educaon.

Appointed to the posion in July 2012,she is the rst female superintendentfor the district and the rst African-American for the district as well.

My enre career in educaon has

allowed me to connue to pursueand lead a purpose-driven life, shesaid. My role as a superintendentis an extension of my commitmentto the protecon of the sancty ofchildhood as a connuing personaland professional imperave. I aminspired by the challenge to ensurethe hope that access to a high-qualityeducaon can provide for every childin this country.

According to Evelyn, her success thusfar has been due to grit, selessness,and humility, as well as, the abilityto persevere in the face of diculty,knowing that you are engaged in workthat each day is paramount to ensuringthis naon lives out its creed.

Fundamentally, she said she isconnually thankful for the students inher district and plans to connue herwork for a long me to come.

Each day, Im inspired by our children,she said. They invite and engage meto many important milestones in theirlives; plays, dances, and graduaons.They visit us at board meengs andin our oces with their familiesthanking us, asking us for guidance,and assistance. I look forward to theobligaon of ensuring that childrenbelieve in themselves rst; like acaterpillar changing into a buery ora great tree growing from a small seed,its some kind of miracle.

POSSIBILITIES I BROCKPORT

In Brockport, Superintendent LesliMyers, the rst woman of colorto hold the superintendency inMonroe County, said, throughout hercareer, shes been inspired by hergrandmother.

My maternal grandmother, Mrs.Addie Terry Mills, a.k.a. Nana, was awoman of disncon, faith, and zeal,she said. She stood ve-foot ten withpiercing hazel eyes that didnt miss abeat. What I admired most about myNana was her faith in God and herinnate ability to tell a story like noneother. She was widowed with 10children before the age of 30. Beingthe rst woman of color to hold thesuperintendency in Monroe Countywas a daunng task, but I rememberher wise words of advice: One, alwaysensure that you maintain your faithand belief in God because with Him,all things are possible; and two,connually pursue educaon and getas much as you can. Money, fame and

fortune can be stripped away fromyou, but once you obtain knowledgethrough educaon, it yours to keep.

In addion, Myers said she has workedto create equitable access to high-quality instrucon for all studentsand to develop opportunies forthe community to come together insupport of its children.

I have enjoyed working withstudents from various demographicbackgrounds and clearly understandnuances relave to dierent culturesand socioeconomic levels, she stated.I am most proud of my ability todevelop programs that promoteacademic achievement and unitywithin the larger school community.Given my background, educaonalpreparaon and experiences, I felt theme was right to take this step intoeducaon.

Myers said she also holds fast to thenoon that every student can learn,and is a leader who knows thecapacity for movang students andadults to do their best to prepare forthe challenges we will face in a 21stcentury global marketplace.

Addionally, Myers said she creditsher success to an established faithand an incredibly supporve family.

As for the future, according to Myers,We never know what the future mayhold and where our path may leadus. I think that for all of us, students,educators, parents, and communitymembers, the sky is the limit. I doknow I am commied to be a guardianof equity for all children. No ifs, ands,or buts!

LEADI I ORTH SYRACUSE

Kim Dyce-Faucee, superintendentof the North Syracuse Central SchoolDistrict as of Aug. 2011, said sheknew she wanted to be a schooladministrator early in her career.

I have to admit that when I rstbecame a house administrator iswhen I fell in love with being anadministrator, she said. It just reallyallowed me to learn so much, and Ijust loved the various facets of whatthe job entailed.

Before joining NSCSD, a predominatelywhite school district in the suburbs ofSyracuse, Dyce-Faucee previouslyserved as chief of sta for the RochesterCity School District, a largely-minority

district.

According to Dyce-Faucee, althoughshe faced challenges in both districts,today, mes are changing, nonetheless.

When you think about leadershipposions, men have dominated, shesaid. But, with communies changing,with school board members changing...when I became an administrator therewas a wave of rerements. I think itsa change of the mes. And, as much aswe are educators, I think we should bea community of learners who embracechange.However, when it comes to an urbandistrict, the issues for students aresubstanally dierent than those inNSCSD, Dyce-Faucee said.

What I believe to be the same is thatchildren are children, she said. Butthe conversaons are very dierentwhen we talk about educang ourkids. In an urban district, we ask,What are we doing to ensure that ourkids are receiving a quality educaon?In my district, thats a given. Parentsexpect that their children are receivinga quality educaon. This is a districtof enrichment, and its about how doyou connue to maintain that. So, theissues are enormously dierent.

But, sll, Dyce-Faucees districthas faced controversies of its own,including limited resources, she said.

My district is a struggling district,said Dyce-Faucee. But I think itsabout how we focus our resources.Its about meeng the needs of ourstudents. Its about asking What arethe best pracces out there that youcan implement? In our district wehave people who are impoverished,and if our budget goes down we aregoing to have to cut an addional$1.4 million. I think its about beingstrategic and nding a way to bestmeet the needs of your students.

As a result, she said NSCSD is currentlyleng data drive the numbers arounddierenated instrucon in itsschools relave to the areas in whichthe district nds it should focus.

In addion, she said New Yorksnewly adopted principal and teacherevaluaon system, the AnnualProfessional Performance Review,will ulmately help teachers engagein beer communicaon around thispracce.

In the end, Dyce-Faucee said shebelieves women will connue tochoose the role of superintendent inthe future.

I think we are providing moreopportunies for more educators,she said. And Im happy to be a part ofthe group for inspiring other aspiringadministrators to take the plunge.

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ochi: To all ofthe high schoolgraduates from

the RochesterCity SchoolDistrict forpersevering andovercoming themany obstaclesnot always foundin other school

districts in thecounty. It is really

shameful that your accomplishmentsdont get the same media play as thenegavity that dwells within a systemthat nds a 46 percent graduaon rateto be acceptable.

ochi: To the Internaonal JazzFesval organizers. You sure know

how to throw a party. I am personallyrequesng that you take a look atbringing Ryan Shaw back next year.

oi: To the Supreme Court rulingthat invalidated an integral poron ofthe Vong Rights Act. The end resultwas triggered by a lawsuit led byShelby County, Ala. that, in essence,claimed the language in the bill to beoutdated.

oi: To the fact that vong rights

for blacks had to be created andlegislated into existence in the rstplace, and were not a given when

the Constuon of the United Stateswas supposed to guarantee certainunalienable rights for all.

ochi: To the quick capture of theperp who recently robbed a manof his cell phone at gunpoint in broaddaylight on a city street.

ochi: And prayers to all the familiesaected by acts of senseless violence.It has been reported that Rochester isthe murder capital of New York State.What a sad commentary on what wehave become. Sad, but true, is the factthat there is no such thing as a simpleargument or disagreement endingpeacefully anymore.

oi: To any parent who does notmonitor the movement of their wildteens, and who may be parcipang inthe ghts and disrupve behavior thatseem to be the norm these days. Wehave a roving pack of teens that seemto think it is their job to endanger thewelfare of others in public places.These heathens come from homeswith bad examples that seeminglyfollow them into the street.

oi: To the wisdom that allowedEdward Snowden, alleged thief ofgovernment documents, to y out

of Hong Kong and into Russia beforerevoking his passport. Somethingsmells more than shy with this case,and the way he is being handled. Theconspiracy theorist in me says doubleagent possibilies abound.

ochi: To the young folks involvingthemselves in the polical arena thesedays. Rochester has lots of intelligent,young folks who need to nd their wayto the front burners. All they need isencouragement and leadership toembrace them.

oi: To anyone who has elderlyfamily members who live aloneand are not monitored by caring

members of the family. I oen observeelderly people making their wayunaccompanied to the bank to paybills, to the grocery store to shop, etc.Many have problems walking, drivingand are terribly unsteady on theirfeet. What happened to caring for ourelders?

oi: To city administrators whohave begun to give the appearancethat they cant meet with city residentswithout police presence. This may notbe the intent, but it certainly has begunto be a major topic readily discussed inthe inner city. Where is Darryl Porterthese days? Did he have his gheopass revoked?

ochi: To Steve Harvey and hisentertaining daily TV show. If youhavent watched it, you are missingout on a treat. I love his commonsense approach to issues. I have heardhe is a relave of Mount Olivet BapstChurchs Pastor, Rev. Ricky Harvey. Notsure if he is a cousin or his brother, Ihave heard both.

ochi: To Danny Kuntz, recentlyelected to a three-year term as businessmanager at Rochester Laborers LocalNo. 435. Great to see he brought hisown shoes to the dance, and is notaempng to stand in anyone elses.

ochi: And Congratulaons to theembracing of new, young businessagents at Rochester Laborers LocalNO. 435. Congratulaons to leadership

being unafraid to embrace a 34 and37-year-old.

oi: To how the removal of threebusiness agents was callously handled.It is not the what but the how thatcan come back to bite folks in the bu.There are others who have told manyuntruths to make themselves lookgood that need to go also.

ochi: To Lovely Warren, ErnestFlagler, Donald Hardaway and otherswho are actually working for whatthey hope to achieve. They will prevail,mainly because they are not resng ontheir laurels or aempng to ride coat-tails to the nish line. They dont needslick mailers or TV ads to get votes;they are doing it the old-fashionedway.

oi: To the rst piece of photo-shopped campaign literature I receivedfrom Lovely Warrens opponent,alleging to support women. I laughedout loud when I saw the photodepicng a group of women, none ofwhom were from Rochester; and theblack girls in it were seemingly addedto the picture as an aerthought.

oi: To Ken Warner and his blogdirected at legislaon supportedby Assemblyman David Gan. Youwill see, Sept. 10, who needs what.Endorsements from unions meannothing but some extra money,possibly. Votes from residents are

what will count. The two-facednessthe polical arena generates amongthe so-called policos makes me wantto throw up. He and others, when theyneeded the Assemblyman, couldntnd enough toothpaste to brush thebrown stains o their teeth. Howquickly people forget where theycome from. It always amazes me howthe hand that has fed the masses canbe bien so easily. You know whatthey say; when you dig a hole foranyone, make sure you are diggingtwo, because the other one is for you.

ochi: To Smugtown Beacon Co-Publisher Aaron Wickes and his tributeto the next mayor of Rochester, Lovely

Warren. The best man for the job willbe a woman, I believe.

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This week Ihave chosen towrite on a topicthat Im surewill make somepeople unhappy,but that isthe nature ofopinion. Thetopic is aboron.

I had anopportunity to hear a very dynamicspeaker a few weeks ago.He spoke with a level of passion onthis subject and was able to bring tolight informaon that I had not heardof before.

He was here in Rochester inpreparaon for a great event that isplanned for the end of July. The reasonfor my wring today is to speak aboutGovernor Cuomos 10-point plan thathas to do with Womens Rights.

As part of the governors plan is aprovision to extend aboron rightsto be even more signicant that theyare today.

What is troubling is that even aer 51million aborons have been performedin this country since the legalizaon ofthe murdering of innocent life, peoplesll want more.

My concern is over Chrisans that canconnue to close their eyes to thissubject. We have to bring our headsout of the sand and take a stand onthis topic. There is no way that anyonethat has accepted Jesus Christ as theirLord and Savior and has accepted thatthe bible governs their world view cantruly support aboron.

As such, it is me for Chrisans to make

their voices heard and stop supporngpolicians that support aboron.

As the legislave session in New YorkState drew to a close for this year, nineof the ten points of the governorsplan were approved by the New YorkState Senate. The only provision thatwas not going to be approved was theprovision that would extend aboronrights.

The queson that reasonable peoplehave to ask is: If our governor and hisSenate and Assembly colleagues are somuch in favor of promong womensrights in New York State, why did theyallow this one provision to stop theenre package?

Without this provision, women in NewYork would not have lost their abilityto get aborons, so why was it is sucha big deal.

Why lose nine provisions because theone that has to do with the killing ofinnocent children was not going topass?

My only explanaon is because thereare hidden agendas and movaonsbehind what the governor actuallywants to do.

Think about it, how can someonepassionately support the killing ofinnocent life? Yet, that is exactly whatis happening.

We have to stand-up as Americansand speak against this issue of mass

murder that has consumed our landand has cost us the lives of 51 millionAmericans.

We cannot think that God is going tojust allow these atrocies to connuewithout there being some sort ofjudgment.

We should stop supporng anypolician that will not standagainst aboron regardless of whatgovernment hand-out they promiseus!

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