Some heavyweights in state politics say they support a leadership shake-up in the rochester city school district. If you thought the idea of mayoral control had died down years ago - it’s back. Assemblyman David Gantt is pushing for reform by recently introducing two bills to the state legislature - both would take power away from the school board. Gantt says a change is essential because “we can’t just let kids sit there and die on the vine.” Mayoral control has its share of supporters and opponents - one critic being Rochester School Board President Van White who joins this edition of Need to Know.

The 3rd Annual Kodak Film Awards were held in downtown Los Angeles on Friday.

Academy Award winning writer/director/producer Adam McKay was the first recipient of the KODAK Lifetime Achievement Award, which recognizes an individual who has created an extraordinary body of highly successful and internationally acclaimed motion picture art during their career.

McKay’s VICE, a film about former Vice President Dick Cheney’s rise to VP has received 8 Academy Award, 6 BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations and marks his 6th feature shot on 35mm film.

The Monroe County District Attorney’s office says that four people accused of plotting against an Islamic community in the Catskills were indicted by a Monroe County grand jury this week.

The charges against 18 year old Andrew Crysel of East Rochester, 19 year old Vincent Vetromile of Greece, 20 year old Brian Colaneri of Gates and a 16 year old suspect, include six felony counts; five of those counts are indicted as crimes of terrorism.

The charges include conspiracy, criminal possession of a weapon and attempted criminal possession of a weapon.

Low unemployment, fewer local high school grads and changing demographics are a few reasons why enrollment at community colleges like Monroe Community College is dropping.

That’s according to a spokesperson at MCC, where enrollment has gone from 18,995 in 2010 to 12,273 students today.

Christine Casalinuovo-Adams is associate vice president of enrollment at the school. She said the college is taking a creative approach to handling falling enrollment.

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