The Buffalo Chronicle
Buffalo Public Schools
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Buffalo school board faces vote on eight closures as da Vinci students push back
The Buffalo Board of Education could vote Oct. 21 on a plan to close eight schools, merge da Vinci and Research Lab at East High and cut 108 jobs. The projected $24…
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Will school integration become a catalyst for district restructuring?
Desegregation has become an increasingly pressing issue for the Buffalo Public Schools. The national civil rights expert Gary Orfeild offered the district a bleak assessment of decades long trends that has led…
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Orfield could be catalyst that unifies Buffalo School factions
Buffalo School Board of Education By: Mike Madigan Activist Gary Orfield is currently investigating Buffalo Public Schools. The investigation was initiated as a result of several Buffalo parents’ complaints regarding segregation and…
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Liberal civil rights academic demands delaying reform agenda
By Mike Madigan As per The Buffalo News article of September 10th 2014, the Buffalo School Board voted unanimously to hire Gary Orfield to conduct a study and recommend changes to Buffalo…
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Buffalo BOE member Sharon Belton-Cottman crossed ethics line
By: Mike Madigan Prior to the 28 January, 2015 Buffalo Public School BOE meeting – board member Sharon Belton-Cottman e-mailed and supported distribution of a highly racist and inappropriate flier. Such actions…
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The Superintendent Search: Meet Dr. Susan Enfield
As Buffalo’s Board of Education prepares its search for an Interim Superintendent to manage major restructuring initiatives over the next year or two, the Board will simultaneously search for a permanent Superintendent. We should be…
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Nevergold on Buffalo News: “an egregious display of bias and ignorance… failure of journalistic integrity”
On Monday, the State finally released the audited graduation statistics for the 2013 school year. Buffalo’s 8 percentage point improvement, from 48% to over 56%, was the most significant increase among the…
