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The Salamanca City Central School District has approved a nearly $60,000 Realbotix robot pilot to assist robotics education, but parents and teachers worry about student data privacy. Officials stress the robot will not collect personal data or replace teachers, while discussions with state officials continue.
Under a compromise, the United Federation of Teachers has agreed to extend the city’s timeline to meet classroom-size caps, offering a differential pay bonus to teachers in waivered classes while keeping the statewide framework. The arrangement will allow the city to reach 70% compliance next year and 90% by 2028-29, with payments for exemptions.
Whitman College has begun offering a transparent “you will pay” figure, following Brandeis’ similar move, in response to upper-middle-class families exceeding aid eligibility while facing steep sticker prices. Applications from affluent families have fallen as a result, prompting more colleges to disclose pricing.