Jacob Schermerhorn

6 days ago | rochesterbeacon.com | Jacob Schermerhorn

Culture With more than 20 performers involved, “An American in Paris” will feature plenty of dancing. For the first time, the production partners, JCC Centerstage with Rochester’s Draper Center for Dance Education, the official training school of the Rochester City Ballet. The Draper Center’s artistic director, Jamey Leverett, will choreograph the musical including talent from the Draper Center Dance Ensemble.

2 weeks ago | rochesterbeacon.com | Jacob Schermerhorn

Gabrielle Jackson remembers feeling empowered when speaking about her own lived experiences. In a small legislative briefing room last year, Jackson spoke about how school suspensions had negatively impacted her life. Her comments were in support of the Judith S. Kaye Solutions Not Suspensions bill, a proposal that would reform New York’s school discipline policies, replacing suspensions with restorative, age-appropriate, equitable measures.

2 weeks ago | rochesterbeacon.com | Jacob Schermerhorn

High school submission rates for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid fell by 12 percent in New York last year, data from the U.S. Department of Education shows. John King Jr., chancellor of the State University of New York, says that translates to $120 million in federal financial aid for students left on the table. This current decline could be, in part, explained by a messy and confusing rollout last year.

2 weeks ago | rochesterbeacon.com | Jacob Schermerhorn

In 2021, Bridget Monroe’s son, a senior in high school, was hit by a driver while exiting a school bus on Dewey Avenue. “The school bus was stopped, the lights were on, the stop sign was extended and flashing,” said Monroe, who currently serves as a Rochester City councilmember, at a recent board meeting. “This woman (behind the bus) decided whatever was going on in her life was too important to wait for that little bit of time.

2 weeks ago | rochesterbeacon.com | Jacob Schermerhorn

Connor O’Brien is worried about potential federal funding cuts for the University of Rochester. She is not just concerned for the university, however, but how losing a reported $188 million in National Institutes of Health research funding will impact the entire Rochester region. And she thinks more people should be worried too. “Strong Hospital and UR are some of the largest employers in the Rochester area.