UPDATE: If you were scheduled to appear at the March 14 Board of Education meeting under Public Comment on the agenda, be advised that the meeting has been canceled and rescheduled by RCS. The next meeting will be on March 21. If you requested placement on the agenda for March 14, you do not need to provide a new submission for March 21. Just attend — according to an RCS email.

Please remain steadfast and show your support for the historical preservation of the Administration Building at the March 21 meeting. Continue to submit your opinion to the Board of Education and keep purchasing t-shirts.

T-Shirts for Sale: Show your support for the historic preservation of the Administration Building and buy a t-shirt from Junction 1869.  A portion of the sale proceeds will be donated to RAHS to help fund local preservation efforts. Purchase online here.

History of RCS Administration Building/Harrison Building

WPA Murals

Call To Action

RAHS Passes Resolution

In February 2022, the RAHS board of directors passed a resolution in favor of historically preserving the Administration Building located at 501 W. University Drive. Click here to view the resolution. This document is non-binding and is a statement from the historical society. It was sent to a number of local government entities and cultural organizations.

3/1/2022

Rochester Community Schools Purchases Administrative Building; Will Move Out of Current Admin Building

Please be advised of recent developments involving the RCS Board of Education. At the April 12 BOE meeting, viewable on YouTube, the board passed a resolution to purchase the old Letica building on Dequindre for use as a “new” administration building. That means the old historic administration building on University may be in jeopardy.

April 12, 2021 RCS School Board packet, Page 90: https://rochesterk12.communitybydiligent.com/document/7332

YouTube: at about 1:35 in the video is when they begin discussing the admin building: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_fs48Rb9oQ

RAHS has reached out to the school board president to discuss this matter further and possibly be involved in a proposed citizen committee to discuss the current historic administration building.

Please take time to make your comments about these events known to the school board: https://www.rochester.k12.mi.us/…/boa…/contact-the-boar

4/15/21

RAHS president Tiffany Dziurman was interviewed about the RCS Administration Building. Here are the links to those articles:

Rochester Post May 26, 2021: https://www.candgnews.com/news/rcs-purchases-7-million-office-and-warehouse-facility-120746

Oakland Press May 22, 2021: https://www.theoaklandpress.com/local-news/rochester-school-district-moving-out-of-historic-administration-building/article_1d1ff2a6-bb2c-11eb-a603-f3be7c218234.amp.html

Rochester Post Feb. 9, 2022: https://www.candgnews.com/news/rcs-accepting-proposals-for-historical-administration-building-property-122618

January 24, 2022: RAHS President Addresses Rochester City Council Over Resolution