Rome City School District

A Rome public school teacher was recently acquitted after being accused of inappropriately making contact with one of his students, his attorney tells the Utica Observer Dispatch.

The Utica and Rome School Districts will benefit from $175 million in funding in the new state budget to transform struggling schools into community schools.

The Rome City School District will get an additional $225,000 in supplemental funding from the state to help them fund programs and services directly benefiting students.

The Rome City School District Board is set to vote tonight on a contract extension for Superintendent Jeff Simons, but the the process and contract are drawing criticism from the district's teacher's union.

UPDATE: 11:50am The lockdown at Rome Free Academy has been lifted.

Voters in area school districts will be taking to the polls on Tuesday to decide whether or not proposed budgets will be accepted, and who will be selected to fill open school board positions.

Rome, NY (WIBX) - Thirty thousand new books are being presented to children in Rome and Oneida counties today.