Resolution 2014-15:1

WHEREAS, there is no New York State Education Law or policy requiring that a district or Local Education Agency must engage/hire a Superintendent; and

WHEREAS, our current Superintendent, Dr. Bolgen Vargas is, according to New York State Education Law, not qualified to hold the position of Superintendent; and

WHEREAS, there have been no significant increase in either the graduation rate or educational success of our district by any of the former Superintendents engaged/hired by the sitting Board Commissioners; and

WHEREAS,  the Rochester City School District is under special State classification as a member of the “Big Five” and is therefore obligated to remit Board Commissioners an annual salary; and

WHEREAS, according to Policy 2100 - School Board Legal Status, “Board members are responsible for school district management and policy-making”; and

WHEREAS,  the duties of the Superintendent are primarily to implement the policies of the Board with all other duties carried out by members of the Superintendent’s administrative staff; and

WHEREAS, each Board member Chairs a Committee to which the administrative staff is responsible for reporting:

RESOLVED, that the Board of Education Commissioners will, through the use of technology, assume the duties and responsibilities of the Superintendent by communicating directly with Central Office Administration, eliminating the redundancy and inefficiency of the office of Superintendent, Deputy Superintendent, and Assistant Superintendent; and

RESOLVED, that the Board of Education Commissioners will use the subsequent savings from the elimination of the office of Superintendent, Deputy Superintendent, and Assistant Superintendent, to increase the number of teachers, paraprofessionals, and other positions that are most closely connected to the child’s educational environment; and

RESOLVED, that the Board of Education Commissioners will, with all due diligence, create and maintain meaningful and positive connections with and to their liaison schools through the use of technology and interpersonal communications with all interested stakeholders; and

RESOLVED,  that the Board of Education Commissioners will use current technology to create and maintain complete transparency of District operations by reporting to their individual liaison schools as well as the general community any and all information pertinent to interested stakeholder concerns that they are legally responsible to report.