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Rochester Public Schools preparing for another turbulent board meeting Security and safety rules to be enforced after contentious comments on July 13. Posted: Jul 26, 2021 8:05 PM Posted By: Mike Bunge ROCHESTER, Minn. – Extra security precautions will be in place for Tuesday’s meeting of the Rochester Public Schools Board of Education. There was an outpouring of passionate comments from the public at the board meeting on July 13, primarily about the school district’s facemask policy and Critical Race Theory. Now the Rochester school district says it is working with local law enforcement on security and safety concerns. Rochester Public Schools says guns and other weapons are prohibited on district property and signs, banners, and posters are not permitted in the board room. The board room will also be closed to additional entrants once it reaches maximum capacity under the fire code. ....
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 Lincoln K-8 until most recently serving in the role of Community Schools Facilitator at Gage Elementary this past school year. ....
Print this article The Rochester Public Schools Board in Minnesota approved Black Lives Matter messaging under protected “government speech,” which officials say protects the school from being held liable for allowing those views while not allowing dissenting opinions. “[By] adopting the messages that you’re adopting as government speech, you’re saying these are the messages that we’re communicating as a school district, and by doing that, we’re not also creating a forum to allow other types of speech to enter the forum,” the school board’s attorney, John Edison, said. The phrases brown lives matter, indigenous lives matter, stop Asian hate,” and the pride flag are now also considered government speech. ....