Why Is This Okay?
Over time, the culture within RCS has shifted away from supporting student and teacher instructional needs
Where Do They Stand
During the May 17th RCS BOE Work Session, the BOE President Kristin Bull stated, “we stand behind our Superintendent; the email was not dishonest,” this was in reference to the email that Superintendent Robert Shaner sent to the community to justify denying residents the right to speak. This statement is completely detached from reality. Here […]
Misusing Resources is Different Than Not Having Them
RCS BOE Trustee Andrea Walker-Leidy stated in August of 2020 that the District had nothing that they needed to complete the project of returning students safely back to in-person instruction. The District had built a virtual campus from the ground up during the summer leading up to this statement. Is it that the District did […]
Bait and Switch
Rochester Community School District had been presenting for months the options they were looking at for addessing the current administration building. At the BOE Meeting on April 12, 2021 BOE President Kristin Bull admitted they knew two years ago that the options they were presenting to the community were not viable. The non viable options […]
Why did RCS Make the Decision to Open the Virtual Campus?
All school districts in Michigan faced uncertainty in the budget, state testing, and pupil accounting as they planned for the 20-21 school year. Rochester Community School’s (RCS) challenge was to provide a quality form of education to all students, with an online option for the families uncomfortable having their students back in the buildings. While […]