Catholic school educators, students and parents turned out for a May 28 rally outside the Irondequoit office of New York State Assemblyman Joseph P. Morelle. Participants held signs and chanted their support for the Parental Choice in Education Act, urging Assemblyman Morelle to support it. A group of educators also joined Diocesan Schools Superintendent Anthony S. Cook III in delivering a letter of appeal to the office and speaking to senior staff members.
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Debbie Eveland, a fifth-grade teacher at St. Kateri School in Irondequoit, takes part in the rally.
Joe Murray, a fifth-grader at St. Rita School in Webster, holds a sign during the rally.
Donna Walker, a parishioner of Irondequoit’s St. Kateri Parish, takes part in the rally.
Sister Pat McDermott, SSJ, a technology teacher at St. Kateri School in Irondequoit, takes part in the rally.
A contingent of Catholic school educators walk into Assemblyman Morelle’s Irdondequoit office.
Mary Ellen Wagner, principal of St. Rita School in Webster, walks out of Assemblyman Morelle’s office after speaking to staff members.
