Education is what motivated me to run for the Assembly in the first place, and I couldn’t be more proud of our work to secure fully-funded Foundation Aid for our students. More work remains to be done, and I will ensure that Rochester, Brighton, and Irondequoit school districts receive the full funds they are legally entitled to.
We know that education during the past two years was very unequal, and dramatic disparities exist in the quality of education received during virtual instruction. Our students have suffered learning loss, and experienced severe mental health struggles throughout the pandemic. We must explore every avenue to fill in those gaps, and help students have on-site access to the necessary mental health resources to thrive and recover from these challenging times.