ROCHESTER - Paul Cormier wanted to be a change agent when he ran for the Rochester school board in 2023, but what he found out quickly was that few on the board were ready for a change."When I joined the board I wanted the schools to go back to the basics: reading, writing and arithmetic, but no one paid much attention to that," he said on Thursday. "All they did was want to do these social classes. I mean you need math your whole life, and these kids these days can't do basic math in their head...
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From left, Rochester school board chair Matt Pappas and former board member Paul Cormier. (Courtesy photos)
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