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Rochester schools present RPS 2030 community feedback: class size, communication and mental health top concerns
Summary
District staff presented a synthesis of hundreds of stakeholder responses for the RPS 2030 strategic plan. Common themes included class size and staffing, family communication, middle‑school engagement, counselor ratios, multilingual outreach and mental‑health supports; staff said design committees will refine recommendations before a March return to the board.
Rochester Public Schools officials on Jan. 6 presented a consolidated report of community feedback gathered to inform the district’s RPS 2030 strategic plan, highlighting recurring concerns about class size, communication and social‑emotional supports.
"The single most consistent concern that we heard across all levels was class size and adequate staffing," said Denise Moody, the district’s director of policy and innovation, summarizing input gathered through surveys, focus groups, multilingual world cafés (Spanish and Somali), student conversations and 38 key‑informant interviews. Moody said…
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