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KAAL-TV Created: May 18, 2021 06:20 PM (ABC 6 News) - The Rochester Public Schools Board approved the hiring of Will Ruffin II as Executive Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at its board meeting Tuesday. According to RPS, it is a new position at the cabinet level and will be responsible for supporting the District's focus on equity work across all departments at RPS.    Ruffin has been with Rochester Public Schools since 2003. In 2009, Ruffin was hired as a teacher at Riverside Central Elementary and continued to teach fifth grade at Riverside, and then Lincol...

(ABC 6 News) - Boundary adjustments within the Rochester School District is heading for a vote soon. The changes would take effect in the 2022-2023 school year. Board members are expected to vote on the adjustments during its June 1 meeting. School board members are aiming to give families time to plan ahead. The boundary advisory committee looked at several factors and feedback from community meetings like family proximity to schools and feeder pattern alignments. The superintendent's recommendation projects 75% of K-12 students reside in the boundary of their closest school. It also project...

New food drive for Rochester Community Schools The drive is led by White’s Cleaning & Restoration and United Way of Olmsted County and will help replenish resource rooms in the schools Posted: Apr 19, 2021 6:57 PM Updated: Apr 19, 2021 7:36 PM Posted By: Jeremy Wall ROCHESTER, Minn- Learning is challenging when students are hungry. As students return to in-person learning, Rochester schools are addressing new and existing barriers for them to achieve academic success. A local business and non-profit are partnering up to help them. White's Cleaning & Restoration and United Way of Olmsted C...