Rochester Middle School was closed Friday due to what principal Ryan Gilpatrick called a “life safety situation” in a message to parents, according to Seaco
Fosters Daily Democrat
ROCHESTER Newly released police reports are reigniting School Board member Karen Stokes’ calls for ethics investigations into the board s chair and the Rochester School Department s superintendent.
The reports show former district information technology director Dave Yasenchock has accused Superintendent Kyle Repucci and School Board Chair Paul Lynch of datamining personal email accounts of Stokes, School Board member Thom O’Connor and the head of Rochester’s teachers union last fall. The reports also show school officials have denied the allegation.
Previously, public discussions about Repucci and Lynch s datamining only centered around Repucci and Lynch s admissions they accessed school district-provided accounts and devices, not personal emails.
Rochester School Board declines to investigate email access complaint
ROCHESTER The city School Board voted 10-1 Thursday not to investigate ethics complaints against Chair Paul Lynch, who abstained from the vote.
School Board member Karen Stokes had called for her board and City Council to investigate Lynch over her allegations of improper datamining.
A Rochester Police Department police investigation recently confirmed Lynch and Superintendent Kyle Repucci obtained information through the datamining of school district email accounts and district-provided devices used by Stokes, fellow board member Thom O’Connor and the head of the local teachers union. Police determined no laws were broken.
ROCHESTER New Hampshire’s mayors are working on a joint letter to Gov. Chris Sununu and the state’s education commissioner and congressional delegation to request they help cities and towns projecting they’ll be hit with millions of dollars of uncontrollable cost increases this fiscal year.
Rochester Mayor Caroline McCarley shared the news Tuesday during a meeting in which her city officials forecasted Rochester’s budget will increase by roughly $3.4 million due to state and federal costs.
“I don’t know that anyone will come of (the letter), but I just did want to let folks know we have been pretty actively engaged in trying to explain why,” McCarley told Rochester City Council’s Finance Committee during a meeting Tuesday night. “The arguments are being made, but we will have to track those very carefully.”