Credit Provided Rochester Board of Education President Van White, who s been on the board for 13 years, said he’s not running for reelection.
Instead, White is pursuing one of three open Monroe County Court judge seats in 2021. White said he could not run for both roles simultaneously.
White said there has been a clamor for systemic change in the legal system for a long time. As an African American and an experienced litigator, he feels he can make that change happen from the inside.
“I could be as Teddy Roosevelt said, in the cheap seats looking down and condemning and criticizing, and litigating on a case by case basis as a lawyer or I can get right in the thick of things,” said White. “I don’t look at my effort to go over to the courthouse any different than when I decided to go into the district. It was a system in need of systemic change and so is the courthouse.”