RCSD Board members explain their vote on new superintendent, part 1

By Evan Dawson,

Published March 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM EDT

Three smiling people wearing headphones sit at a table in a radio talk studio: a man back left has short dark hair and is wearing a blue sweater; a woman back center has long wavy brown hair and is wearing glasses and a white sweater; a man at right has short dark hair and is wearing a white button-down shirt with purple cuffs. — Isaiah Santiago and Beatriz LeBron on "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Monday, March 10, 2025

A smiling man with short dark hair wearing a blue button-down shirt and a grey blazer. He is holding a pair of eyeglasses. The word "Connections" appears on the left side of the photo in vertical letters.

Rochester City School Board Commissioners Beatriz LeBron and Isaiah Santiago join us to discuss their concerns with the board's selection of a new superintendent.

The board voted not to make permanent the interim superintendent with district experience. Instead, the board hired Eric Jay Rosser, Ph.D., who comes to Rochester from Poughkeepsie. Santiago also discusses the allegations that he used a racial slur in an argument with fellow commissioner James Patterson, who has petitioned the state to have Santiago removed from the board.

This is the first in a series of upcoming conversations about the district.

In studio:

Beatriz LeBron, Rochester City School Board commissioner
Isaiah Santiago, Rochester City School Board commissioner