12:00: RCSD superintendent and board leaders address key issues for schools
1:00: Rochester ranks high for allergies. What should we know about triggers and treatment?
We welcome Rochester City School District Superintendent Eric Jay Rosser, Board President Camille Simmons, and Board Vice President Amy Maloy to discuss the district's proposed budget. They also weigh in on what has become a contentious debate over two vacant RCSD school buildings and a proposal to sell them to charter schools. They answer our questions and yours about those subjects and other key issues facing the district. In studio:
- Eric Jay Rosser, Ph.D., superintendent of the Rochester City School District
- Camille Simmons, president of the Rochester Board of Education
- Amy Maloy, vice president of the Rochester Board of Education
Then in our second hour, Rochester was recently ranked the fifth worst American city for allergies. We sit down with members of the Golisano Children's Hospital Pediatric Allergy team to discuss how families can prepare for allergy season. They explain triggers, treatments, and how allergies affect children and schools. In studio:
- Jessica Stern, M.D., associate professor of allergy and immunology in the Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy/Immunology and Rheumatology; and the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology at University of Rochester Medicine
- Katherine L. Tuttle, M.D., clinical director of the Department of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, associate program director of the Allergy and Immunology Fellowship, and assistant professor of pediatrics and medicine at University of Rochester Medicine
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