Project Impact(s):
Children & Youth, Diversity and Inclusion, Education
This project is in Archive Phase
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Collaborators Lead Organization:
Rochester Public Schools
Contact:
Afolabi Runsewe
; Email:
[email protected]
; Phone:
507-328-4300
Known/Likely Collaborators:
RPS Racial Equity Advisory Team (Community Focus Team)
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Rochester Public Schools
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Rochester for Justice
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United Way of Olmsted County
Potential Collaborators :
Diversity Council
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Mediation & Conflict Solutions
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NAACP, Rochester Chapter
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Impacts Major Impact:
Diversity and Inclusion
PlanScape Impacts :
Level 1:
Children & Youth, Diversity and Inclusion, Education
Level 2:
African American, Asian American and Pacific Islander, Latino, C2C: Prenatal-K Development, C2C: Kindergarten Readiness, C2C: 3rd Grade Reading, C2C: 8th Grade Math, C2C: Post-Secondary, C2C: Workforce Participation
DMC Impacts :
Community Health Impacts :
Type of Project
Planning, Programming
Pinned Reports on: Closing referral disparities (resolution agreement with Office of Civil Rights)
RPS Board Study Session video recording; Proposed Equity Policy; PB Reporting
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According to the district’s data, suspensions increased from 1,224 in 2021-22 to 1,523 in 2022-23, representing a jump of 24.4%."
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2019 and 2020 RPS Data : July 14, 2020 School Board Meeting, 2019-2020 First Semester, Achievement and Integration Plan Updates 2020
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2018-2019 Report presented to RPS school board and comparison with 2018 reporting.
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August updating the 2017-06-27 RPS Board Study of discipline data with school breakdown.
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Great Lakes Equity Center has identified 6 barriers for equity progress.
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The Rochester Public School District is taking the first steps to address a disproportionate disciplinary rate for black and Hispanic students. A community engagement session to get input and solicit involvement from community members will be held at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 7 at Riverside Elementary School. I believe that conversation is necessary but not sufficient. We need to follow up with actions. Here is a 5+1 action plan.
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Diversity and Inclusion Related Event(s) => LINK
Reports on: Closing referral disparities (resolution agreement with Office of Civil Rights)
RPS Board Study Session video recording; Proposed Equity Policy; PB Reporting
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According to the district’s data, suspensions increased from 1,224 in 2021-22 to 1,523 in 2022-23, representing a jump of 24.4%."
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2019 and 2020 RPS Data : July 14, 2020 School Board Meeting, 2019-2020 First Semester, Achievement and Integration Plan Updates 2020
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2018-2019 Report presented to RPS school board and comparison with 2018 reporting.
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RPS, ISD 535, entered into collaboration agreement with MDHR.
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August 16, 2018 RPS study group on Equity Efforts and Referral Data.
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July 18, 2018 Commissioner Lindsey of the MN Department of Human Rights Forum with Rochester Community.
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At the 6/19/2018 school board meeting, the following discipline data was presented.
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September, August, July, June and May, 2017 Community Focus Team news and meeting notes.
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"The district is at various points of implementing PBIS at each school, but having more consistency will better allow the district to evaluate efforts, including its latest employee training in ENVoY, a nonverbal communication technique to influence students in the classroom."
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August updating the 2017-06-27 RPS Board Study of discipline data with school breakdown.
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June 19, 2017, Letter from US Department of Eduction, OCR Division to Superindtendent Muroz regarding its review of RPS's May 17, 2017 action plan submission.
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At 2017-04-19 RPS School Board Meeting the following decision was made to enhance the effectiveness of School Board's Community Engagement Committee and RPS's Community Focus Team: deploy a design team (steering committee) to co-facilitate going forward.
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VIDEO
In August 2016, the Community Focus Team brought forward a set of recommendations. Questions from the community: What has happened since then and how do we get engaged?
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4 main areas to make progress toward education equity.
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Great RPS: Equity in Family Engagement Meeting. Following are some notes.
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Great Lakes Equity Center has identified 6 barriers for equity progress.
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After attending the January 7 2016 RPS community meeting, I took the time to review the slide deck handed out by RPS at the meeting and found myself asking a number of questions.
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The Rochester Public School District is taking the first steps to address a disproportionate disciplinary rate for black and Hispanic students. A community engagement session to get input and solicit involvement from community members will be held at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 7 at Riverside Elementary School. I believe that conversation is necessary but not sufficient. We need to follow up with actions. Here is a 5+1 action plan.
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A couple of days ago, Post Bulletin reports that: "Rochester Public Schools is making changes required by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights after a five-year compliance review revealed that black students were being disproportionately disciplined."
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Other Community News and Reports having impacts on:
Children & Youth, Diversity and Inclusion, Education
Jun 2021 Co-design Report
2024-08-12 PB Reporting GRAUC leads project to build prototype sim center The Southeast Minnesota Community Healthcare Simulation Center is set to open in downtown
Rochester by mid-October
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Racism, Anti-Semitism and the Fight Against Hate
"Abolishing racism, hate crimes, and white supremacy isn’t a problem for one group to face alone; it’s a shared burden that requires a strong and unified response."
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August 2024 Report : Age-Friendly Olmsted County (AFOC) activities implementing the Age
Friendly Olmsted County 2022-2025 Action Plan since our annual report in February 2024.
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The visioning effort calls for soliciting broad community input to help propose desired strategic initiatives based on desired outcomes through 2050.
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Newsletter Highlights:
Systems Change Designation; Data Updates; Network Updates; Contributors
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Home Ownership Creation Program - Prairie Ridge: "NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Common Council of the City of Rochester, MN hereby approves the contribution of $4,000,000 to the Prairie Ridge development to support the creation of 201 for-sale homes via the Home Ownership Creation Program .
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New Mayo Clinic, U of M framework aims to guide future research . The framework defines structural racism as the “totality of ways in which societies foster racial discrimination through mutually reinforcing systems of housing, education, employment, earnings, benefits, credit, media, health care and criminal justice.”
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2Q 2024: June 2024; May 2024 - Admin Message, TBE Report; April 2024 - Admin Message, TBE Report
1Q 2024: Feb 2024 - Admin Message, TBE Report; Jan 2024: Admin Message, TBE Report
Special callouts : Women in Construction; City of Rochester Equity in Development
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June 24, 2024 City Council Study Session : Justice Equity Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Audit per Goodenough
Departmental Audit reports of: Human Resources; Rochester Public Library; Parks & Rec
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SASSA to receive $1M from MN to train workers for high-demand employment.
The funding is awarded under the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) Targeted Populations Workforce Competitive Grant Program.
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The City of Rochester welcomes applications for the Community Building Fund. This fund is all about supporting projects, programs, and events in the city that actively promote equity and inclusion.
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Calling for Community Support at Community Meeting: The most recent Olmsted County Maxfield Study found that from 2020-2030, housing demand required 18,000 new housing units. 71% would need to be general-occupancy and 29% age-restricted senior housing.
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