Noelle Evans

23 hours ago | wxxinews.org | Jeremy Moule |Veronica Volk |Noelle Evans

School board elections and district budget votes are happening on Tuesday, May 20 — and if there’s any lesson from last year, it’s that no outcome is guaranteed. With the lowest voter turnout in half a decade, Rush-Henrietta school district’s budget was initially struck down by 15 votes last year. Then in a special vote, more than twice as many people showed up to weigh in on a revised budget — which passed overwhelmingly.

3 days ago | wamc.org | Noelle Evans

Don’t stick metal objects into electronic devices. That seemingly obvious advice from the New York state Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services is in response to a social media trend known as the “Chromebook Challenge.”One of the latest social media trends encourages students to insert things like mechanical pencils, pushpins, and paper clips into the USB charging ports of school-issued Chromebooks, the state department said.

5 days ago | wxxinews.org | Noelle Evans

Two Rochester middle schools will be under the same roof next school year. Barely a year since opening, Andrew Langston Middle School will move from the Jefferson campus on Edgerton Park to the Douglass Campus on Fernwood Park in northeast Rochester — a building that is currently home to Northwest Junior High. With an enrollment of 315 students, Langston Middle School features a partnership with WDKX, Rochester’s independent Black-owned radio station whose founder is the school’s namesake.

6 days ago | wxxinews.org | Noelle Evans

Families in the Greece Central School District have one more week to sign their children up for summer camps offered through the district. The district has about 100 programs for sports, arts, adventure and summer learning. “Five, six years ago we had maybe one or two summer programs,” Todd Smith, executive director of curriculum and instruction, said in a school board meeting this week. “And then we had a family needs survey, and we listened to the community and to our community schools’ partners.

1 week ago | wxxinews.org | Noelle Evans

Rochester city school leaders are assembling a committee to take an in-depth look at how the district is addressing student mental health. The volunteer-based committee is expected to include students, parents, teachers, school counselors, mental health care professionals, and community members. The school board recently passed a resolution to establish the committee. It lists six key areas of concern, including staff training, access to services crisis response, and reducing stigma.