Step down Silver

Scandal erupted Albany Assembly Speaker  Sheldon Silver embroiled in sexual harassment cover up involving Assemblyman  Vito Lopez, D-Brooklyn, private payouts settlements to victims using taxpayers funds in a state in financial crisis under Gov. Andrew Cuomo's austerity budget.  There is a call for the Joint Public Ethics Committee to investigate.

Silver must come clean 

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Interesting...do u have a space the tiny house?

place to park my tiny house that is on a 8ft x 20ft trailer. I would pay r

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54 Buffalo teachers lack posts after ruling on transfers Buffalo eyes appeal of arbitrator's decision

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The Latin Journal Blog: From the Barrio by Maria Rosa: Columbus Park Association and West Side Environmen...

The Latin Journal Blog: From the Barrio by Maria Rosa: Columbus Park Association and West Side Environmen...: Members of Columbus Park Association and West Side Defense Fund gathered at Darcy McGee's for a fundraiser to help city residents understan...

Reception for Super Pamela Brown

Puerto Ricans and Latinos host reception for super Pamela  Brown.

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State buys controversial Busti St. for demolition

State buys controversial Busti St. for demolition

Save Our Schools" a newly created ballot line

B-LoEdScene: The Emperor Has No Shame

B-LoEdScene: The Emperor Has No Shame: James Williams : a trademark hybrid of shiftlessness and arrogance Has anyone seen anything as comical and self delusional James Willi...

Former superintendent James left buffalo to have fun...

"I'm 67 years old. I'll be 68 in the next year. There are some other things I want to do. My kids graduated from college. One got married last week. I think it's time for me to have some fun," he said...

according to a Buffalo News report back on August 14, 2011, one month before he "retired" September 15, while School Board discussed  how to terminate his contract.

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Former superintendent of buffalo schools, James A. Williams candidate for Duval County superintendent in Jacksonville, Florida

Former superintendent of the Buffalo Public Schools, James A. Williams is looking for work again. He has applied for the position of  superintendent in the Duval County Public Schools in Jacksonville, Florida.
Williams  decided to "retire"  from the Buffalo Schools allegedly after an evaluation from the School Board that wasn't  as favorable as his previous ones. And on September 2011, after a tumultuous six-year tenure in the Buffalo Schools he stepped down.
His application  for the superintendent of schools in Duval Jacksonville along with 30 others is subject to the Florida Sunshine Act, requiring that all applicant information be public and released to the media upon request.
So here is Williams' application, cover letter and resume for the Superintendent of Duval County Public Schools that had to be submitted by July 23, 2012. His responses to the five questions the Duval School Board identified as important qualities for a superintendent of schools are interesting most of them focus on his experiences in the Buffalo Public Schools from 2005-2011. 

Question number 5 had to do with: "A person of integrity who is trustworthy and whose relationship, with the board and across the district, are predicated on honest and open communications." Here is how he responded:

"As a district leader, I was able to realize the benefits of honest and open communication. Collective bargaining agreements were settled leading to an increase in job satisfaction and commitment, student test scores and graduation rates increased, discipline and student suspensions decreased, personnel quality improved, effective community and business partnerships expanded, equity in facilities and student access increased and district systems and supports improved."

30 apply for Duval superintendent, including former Ribault principal | jacksonville.com

Gov. Cuomo signing into law first broad based school voucher system

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has ...sign...into law  an increasingly controversial measure that would give parents and guardians broader ability to seek taxpayer-funded reimbursements for private school. The bill passed in the Legislature in the final week of the session in June and some rank-and-file lawmakers grumbled privately that it was pushed through the Republican-led Senate and Democratic-controlled Assembly with little notice. Supporters of the bill say it’s aimed at giving greater access to schools for children with special needs in order to meet their unique educational requirements. But critics have read the bill a different way; arguing that is allows parents or guardians to place their children in schools based on religious background at the taxpayer’s expense... Both the state School Boards Association and Mayor Michael Bloomberg oppose the bill, charging that it would essentially usher in New York’s first broad-based voucher system. A Cuomo spokesman said this afternoon the bill has been forwarded to his desk, but governor continues to review the bill. Cuomo has until midnight Aug. 1 to sign it.

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Latino educators welcome new superintendent Dr. Pamela Brown

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Dr. Pamela Brown, sworn in by Supreme court justice, Rose Sconiers, board president Ruth Kapsiak, and Dr. Barbara Nevergold at Large member participated, 801 City Hall, Thursday, July 12.

Dr. Pamela Brown signs contract

Dr. Pamela Brown is officially Superintendent Brown after she signed her contract at the board meeting last night.  Photo credit:BPS

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Concerns about "distinguished educator" discussed at school board meeting tonight

From Buffalo News live coverage of meeting as bogged by Mary Pasciak.

Johnson: I feel that we need to discuss this more thoroughly with our commissioner and we're the guinea pig. We're the first to have a distinguished educator. We're also the first district to have a federal constraint over us as a focused district.

Mary Pasciak:  Putrino: We're bound by specific state regulations. Within those terms, our hands our somewhat tied. Along the lines of those regulations, our hands are somewhat bound. But we do have some discretion to negotiate. One of the areas we can negotiate is salary.

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