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McCarthy and Belton-Cottman swing proverbial punches over board meals

Board member Carl Paladino and Larry Quinn introduced a resolution that would slash the board’s travel and meal reimbursement policy. The two men see travel to conferences as frivolous at a time when the troubled district is struggling to architect

May school board elections could go either way

Political observers who follow school board politics are already postulating scenarios for next year’s May election, when six of nine board members will be up for reelection. It will be a pivotal moment, in one of two directions. The education reformers

Sharon Belton-Cottman could face Mike Woolford in Masten

School board member Sharon Belton Cottman is emerging as the leading Democrat contender to challenge Mike Woolford, the widely respected Buffalo businessman, for Common Council from Buffalo’s Masten District. Woolford is running on the Conservative line — with the Ellicott district’s Darius Pridgen

Minority voting bloc demands national search for new Superintendent

The members of the minority bloc of the Board of Education are mobilizing the community to demand a national search for the permanent Superintendent. Interim Superintendent Donald Ogilvie has announced his intention to leave the district at the end of