Although RPS can renew the $17 million operating levy without voter approval, there isn't universal support for the move. A local taxpayer believes it would be a sign of bad faith with the public.
Numbers are down by about 700 students since the start of the pandemic. But, “there continues to be every reason to expect Rochester to be a place of growing enrollment.”
The teachers union lowered its request slightly during Thursday night’s meeting, which brought the two proposals to within $1.72 million of each other.
Teachers say that premium increases are either chipping away at or outright robbing them of any salary increases they happen to get, forcing administrators to look for solutions that work.
'While Mayo Clinic has provided financial support to RPS in the past, this is the largest gift we have made,' Mayo Clinic Chief Communications Officer Halena Gazelka said