RBJ’s Power 100 List 2021
When we decided to launch our Power List series, we knew it would be a difficult task to select just 100 power players in the Rochester community for our inaugural Power 100 list.
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It definitely was. But we are pleased with the makeup of this list of leaders.
Health care is heavily represented, as it should be. The health care industry is vitally important to the Rochester economy even in normal times, and the COVID-19 pandemic has only increased our reliance on our local health care organizations.
Rochester’s nonprofits also have played a crucial role in helping our community survive this crisis, and they are well-represented here.
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A search committee has named Linus Guillory, who has been an administrator in the Lowell Public School District for the past year and a half, as their top choice to lead the district. (Jenna Fisher/Patch)
BROOKLINE, MA Brookline this week named a finalist in its years-long search to find a permanent superintendent of schools. The school committee said it hopes to make a final decision by March 4.
A search committee has named Linus Guillory, who has been an administrator in the Lowell Public School District for the past year and a half, as their top choice to lead the district.
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Unions cite safety concerns, while parents have grown weary of remote learning.
A teacher at Yung Wing School P.S. 124 teaches students attending class in-person in New York City during the coronavirus pandemic. | Michael Loccisano/Getty Images
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School districts in both New York and New Jersey are in pitched battles over reopening classrooms for in-person instruction halfway through the academic year, with several districts in both states either headed to court or already there over the issue.
Unions are citing several concerns, including inadequate building ventilation and a lack of personal protective equipment as the deadly pandemic rages on, but many weary families and students are begging school districts to forge ahead.