Due to technical difficulties experienced on March 4, the Fairport Central School District is inviting parents and community members to a rescheduled, live session on March 8, 2021 from 6:30-7:45 p.m. on Racist Policy & Resistance in Rochester and Fairport Curriculum, featuring keynote speakers Shane Wiegand and Gabrielle Brannigan.

The session will be live streamed on the District’s YouTube page here.

Please utilize this FORM to submit questions or comments. You can do this before the event and during the event. Questions will be moderated live and the District will do its best to address as many as possible during the presentation. After the event a recap, including a FAQ document, will be shared with school community members.

About the Event:

This event will:

• examine federal and local policies;
• explore the work of local civil rights leaders; and
• connect these past policies to the disparity and inequality we see today and invites us to learn from and apply the activism of Rochester’s past to its present.

Wiegand is the co-lead of the PathStone Foundation’s Antiracist Curriculum Project and a Grade 4 teacher in Rush Henrietta CSD. He serves on the boards of Connected Communities and City Roots Community Land Trust. He is an adjunct faculty instructor in the URMC Department of Neurology, where he lectures, leads workshops on anti-racism and equity. He and his wife live in the Beechwood neighborhood of Rochester.

Brannigan earned her Master’s in Education from the University of Rochester in 2016.  She is a 7th and 8th grade social studies teacher and track coach in the West Irondequoit CSD.

Following the presenters, Superintendent Provenzano will be joined by Fairport staff members to share about the new curriculum and new texts that are being introduced this school year. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn more about Fairport’s progress in the areas of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.