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“It's a basic question of equality and fairness to have one category of workers left out," said Jessica Maxwell, Executive Director at The Workers Center of Central.

School districts in the Rochester area are putting their new budget proposals up for a vote Tuesday. Taxpayers headed to the polls to vote on school budgets, propositions, and members of the board of education.

Though votes were reported as unofficial this evening, it’s apparent that Batavia City Schools’ $54.8 million budget and a related 1 percent tax levy increase passed with a vote of 301 to 108. It was one of eight districts to report a passed 2022-23 budget. The other proposition on Batavia’s ballot was the election of board members for three vacant seats. Chezeray Rolle came

As Genesee County school districts provide details about their 2022-23 budgets, there seems no escaping inflation, and Elba Central Superintendent Gretchen Rosales isn’t afraid to admit she’s looking to cut corners. Rosales, with the assistance of her district treasurer, Lisa Penna, has joined the list of district administrators who have pointed to the problem of rising prices

Porfirio Gabriel has worked for Torrey Farms in Elba for 13 years and helps the Torreys recruit workers from Mexico, specifically Comachuen, to obtain H2A temporary visas and work planting onions and harvesting squash, cabbage, and beans each year. These workers, Gabriel told NPR for a recent story about money sent from workers back to Mexico to help support local economies,