To: Commissioner Mary Adams
Commissioner Mary Adams: Be accountable and speak with the people!
We the undersigned Rochester City School District (RCSD) students, parents, grandparents, and other family members of RCSD students, educators, activists, community members, local, state, and federal taxpayers believe that Commissioner Mary Adams should demonstrate responsiveness and accountability by honoring the Community Education Task Force's reasonable request to attend a community meeting for the purpose of having a conversation with parents, grandparents, educators and other community members regarding the future, overall direction of the RCSD. We in the community deserve to learn from and discuss with Commissioner Adams what the District will look like overall, 10 or 15 years from now, as well as her own vision regarding change and improvements within the RCSD.
Why is this important?
Community Education Task Force
http://communityeducationtaskforce.rocus.org
PO. Box 15604, Rochester, NY 14615
[email protected]
Prior to leaving the Community Education Task Force's (CETF) Leadership Team, and prior to being sworn in as a member of the Rochester Board of Education in January 2012, Mary Adams had repeatedly expressed grave concern about the fact that Rochester City School District (RCSD) leaders are involved in an ongoing process of reconfiguring schools and programs, including school closings and development of new schools and programs–without telling parents and the broader community information about the overall future direction. Therefore parents and other community members have no idea about what the RCSD will look like overall, 10 or 15 years from now. We assume that this is still a concern for Commissioner Adams.
After having served on the Rochester Board of Education for nearly eight months, we figured that Commissioner Adams probably has more insight and understanding than she previously had regarding this critical issue. Therefore CETF invited her to a public community meeting for the purpose of having a conversation with parents, grandparents, students, educators and other community members regarding the future overall direction of the RCSD. The idea was that the community could discuss with Commissioner Adams what the District will look like overall, 10 or 15 years from now, as well as her own vision regarding change and improvements within the RCSD. We had also informed her of our eagerness to hear about ideas regarding ways in which we may be able to assist and/or support her vision relative to much needed change and improvement within the RCSD.
Commissioner Adams' response was that she is "not going to participate in any event that involves CETF." Considering that she ran for Office as part of CETF's Slate, and on CETF's Platform, and CETF was instrumental in helping to get her elected, we found her response to be shocking.
We are asking for your support in helping us to hold Commissioner Mary Adams accountable by signing the following petition:
We the undersigned Rochester City School District (RCSD) students, parents, grandparents, and other family members of RCSD students, educators, activists, community members, local, state, and federal taxpayers believe that Commissioner Mary Adams should demonstrate responsiveness and accountability by honoring the Community Education Task Force's reasonable request to attend a community meeting for the purpose of having a conversation with parents, grandparents, educators and other community members regarding the future, overall direction of the RCSD. We in the community deserve to learn from and discuss with Commissioner Adams what the District will look like overall, 10 or 15 years from now, as well as her own vision regarding change and improvements within the RCSD.
http://communityeducationtaskforce.rocus.org
PO. Box 15604, Rochester, NY 14615
[email protected]
Prior to leaving the Community Education Task Force's (CETF) Leadership Team, and prior to being sworn in as a member of the Rochester Board of Education in January 2012, Mary Adams had repeatedly expressed grave concern about the fact that Rochester City School District (RCSD) leaders are involved in an ongoing process of reconfiguring schools and programs, including school closings and development of new schools and programs–without telling parents and the broader community information about the overall future direction. Therefore parents and other community members have no idea about what the RCSD will look like overall, 10 or 15 years from now. We assume that this is still a concern for Commissioner Adams.
After having served on the Rochester Board of Education for nearly eight months, we figured that Commissioner Adams probably has more insight and understanding than she previously had regarding this critical issue. Therefore CETF invited her to a public community meeting for the purpose of having a conversation with parents, grandparents, students, educators and other community members regarding the future overall direction of the RCSD. The idea was that the community could discuss with Commissioner Adams what the District will look like overall, 10 or 15 years from now, as well as her own vision regarding change and improvements within the RCSD. We had also informed her of our eagerness to hear about ideas regarding ways in which we may be able to assist and/or support her vision relative to much needed change and improvement within the RCSD.
Commissioner Adams' response was that she is "not going to participate in any event that involves CETF." Considering that she ran for Office as part of CETF's Slate, and on CETF's Platform, and CETF was instrumental in helping to get her elected, we found her response to be shocking.
We are asking for your support in helping us to hold Commissioner Mary Adams accountable by signing the following petition:
We the undersigned Rochester City School District (RCSD) students, parents, grandparents, and other family members of RCSD students, educators, activists, community members, local, state, and federal taxpayers believe that Commissioner Mary Adams should demonstrate responsiveness and accountability by honoring the Community Education Task Force's reasonable request to attend a community meeting for the purpose of having a conversation with parents, grandparents, educators and other community members regarding the future, overall direction of the RCSD. We in the community deserve to learn from and discuss with Commissioner Adams what the District will look like overall, 10 or 15 years from now, as well as her own vision regarding change and improvements within the RCSD.