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April 25, 2010 Democrat and Chronicle
April 25, 2010 Democrat and Chronicle
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Irondequoit Life
Bills QB situation
Young at ART
A photo essay
showcases a program
that connects students
with local artists, 4C
Getting active
Elisa Ruises third-grade class walks to lunch from a portable classroom at School 50 in
Rochester. Proposed work at School 50 would eliminate the need for portable classrooms.
Rochester, Abbotsford
meet tonight in Game 6
of playoff series, 1D
Effort to promote state
wines features in-store
TV network, 1B
CHRIS SWINGLE
STAFF WRITER
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EDITORIALS | 24A
BOOKS | 7C
DEATHS | 2B
CROSSWORD | 9C
WEATHER | 8B
JUMBLE | 9C
SUDOKU | 9C HOROSCOPES | 2C
NESTOR RAMOS
STAFF WRITER
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When the Rochester School District and the city undertook the
billion-dollar task of updating its
aging school buildings, School 22
was an obvious choice.
The old school on Zimbrich
Street in northeast Rochester was,
by some measures, the worst building in the district: cramped and
outdated, with a frame made of
century-old timber, asbestos behind
the walls, and a small green area
and dreary parking lot across the
street that passed for a playground.
District, state and city ofcials
trumpeted the Facilities Modernization Program at a news conference there in 2007.
But as the project moves closer
to putting shovels in the ground,
School 22 is no longer among the
rst schools on the list. In the most
recent draft plan, many of the citys
oldest and most dilapidated schools
have been removed from the projects rst phase in favor of younger
buildings that require less work.
And as frustration with the projects pace grows, ination is driving up costs.
The $325 million budgeted for
the rst phase wont stretch as far
as it would have a few years ago,
SCHOOLS, PAGE 6A
School 22 in Rochester was originally part of the Facilities Modernization Program, but it is not on the list
for phase one, which doesnt allow new construction.
INSIDE A map shows the 13 schools earmarked for the rst phase of the districts modernization plan, and two that were on the original list, as well as some
pertinent data about those schools, Page 6A
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