According to Business First Brighton Central School District ranks third in NY for test score performance.
Business First has rated the academic performances of 431 public school districts in the 48 counties of Upstate New York, based on four years of test data from the New York State Education Department. (Click here to learn how the rankings were calculated.)
• 1. Pittsford (Monroe County, Rochester Area)
• 2. Fayetteville-Manlius (Onondaga County, Syracuse Area)
• 3. Brighton (Monroe County, Rochester Area)
• 4. Williamsville (Erie County, Western New York)
• 5. Skaneateles (Onondaga County, Syracuse Area)
• 6. Honeoye Falls-Lima (Monroe County, Rochester Area)
• 7. New Hartford (Oneida County, Utica-Rome Area)
• 8. Niskayuna (Schenectady County, Albany Area)
• 9. Cazenovia (Madison County, Syracuse Area)
• 10. Clarence (Erie County, Western New York)
• 11. Voorheesville (Albany County, Albany Area)
• 12. Bethlehem (Albany County, Albany Area)
• 13. East Aurora (Erie County, Western New York)
• 14. North Colonie (Albany County, Albany Area)
• 15. Guilderland (Albany County, Albany Area)
• 16. West Irondequoit (Monroe County, Rochester Area)
• 17. Jamesville-Dewitt (Onondaga County, Syracuse Area)
• 18. Westhill (Onondaga County, Syracuse Area)
• 19. Victor (Ontario County, Rochester Area)
• 20. Orchard Park (Erie County, Western New York)
According to Business First Pittsford's school district scores in English/foreign languages, science and social studies are Upstate's best, according to Business First's breakdown of test scores in those subjects from fourth grade through high school.
The area’s largest employers registered 20,340 workers on December 31, 2011. According to abc wham's Rachal Barhart "The U of R’s impact on the regional economy goes far beyond its own payroll. A 2010 Center for Governmental Research study says the college is responsible for 47,000 direct and indirect jobs, which pay $2.3 billion in wages. The U of R’s challenges as it grows will be to maintain funding levels and manage infrastructure. The Route 390 Interchange project begins to address some of the needs regarding access to campus."
In an article written in the Democrat and Chronicle in late December the typical American household will have spent $4,155 filling up in 2011, a record.
According to the D&C in 2011, gasoline prices in the Rochester NY area never got within 15 cents a gallon of the all-time high for regular $4.25 that was hit in the summer of 2008. But neither have prices stayed so far above $3 as long as they have this year. $4155, is 8.4 percent of what the median family in Rochester NY takes in per household, the highest share since 1981.
Full story: Oneida County Courier
Communities across Upstate New York will share $1.5 million in Canal Corporation funding for improvements along the New York State Canal system as part of Governor's 2011 Regional Economic Development Council Initiative.
The Canal Corporation awards are:
• $74,992.50 to the Village of Spencerport (Monroe County) toward construction of a new heritage trail and park, which will complement existing canalside improvements and add space for additional festival vendors. There also will be a link to an adjacent segment being constructed by the Town of Ogden with CFA funding.
• $134,238 to the Village of Fairport (Monroe County) for waterfront improvements to the harbor area which receives approximately 250,000 visitors annually and represents more than $5 million in private investment. This grant will go toward landscaping, boater services, and other canalside improvements.
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