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Location Map ROCHESTER, NY 14614 Monroe County
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District Poverty Rate 34.4% (data source)
Non-White Students 91.4% (data source)
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Last Updated December 1, 2025
What Can My School District Do?

All school districts, regardless of whether they are required by law to allow released time, should implement good policy and be prepared for when a released time program may approach the district. The time to set the policy is before an active program is pressuring the district. Research polices the district can implement to protect teachers' and students' instruction time. Set polices that limit disruptions to students and the ability for proselytization to occur, impacting other students of faith or no faith. A more detailed write-up on school board policies can be read here.

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Schools in the District (46)
School Step Description Grades Period Signatures
Anna Murray-Douglass Academy
Dr Walter Cooper Academy
East Lower School
East Upper High School
EDISON CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL
FRANKLIN LOWER SCHOOL
FRANKLIN UPPER SCHOOL
James Monroe Upper School
Joseph C Wilson Foundation Academy
Joseph C Wilson Magnet High School
Leadership Academy For Young Men
MONROE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
MONROE LOWER SCHOOL
Northeast College Preparatory High School
Northwest College Preparatory High School
Rise Community School
Rochester Early College International High School
School 15-Children's School Of Rochester (The)
School 16-John Walton Spencer
School 17-Enrico Fermi
School 19-Dr Charles T Lunsford
School 2-Clara Barton
School 22-Lincoln School
School 23-Francis Parker
School 25-Nathaniel Hawthorne
School 28-Henry Hudson
School 29-Adlai E Stevenson
School 3-Nathaniel Rochester
School 33-Audubon
School 34-Dr Louis A Cerulli
School 35-Pinnacle
School 39-Andrew J Townson
School 4-George Mather Forbes
School 42-Abelard Reynolds
School 45-Mary Mcleod Bethune
School 46-Charles Carroll
School 5-John Williams
School 50-Helen Barrett Montgomery
School 52-Frank Fowler Dow
School 53 Montessori Academy
School 54-Flower City Community School
School 58-World Of Inquiry School
School 7-Virgil Grissom
School 8-Roberto Clemente
School 9-Dr Martin Luther King Jr
School Of The Arts
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State Law and School Board Policy
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Policy Notes
New York State Law Schools are required to allow students to be released for religious programs. This does not mean schools do not have the ability to create policies that protect the school's instruction time.
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