More charters to open in Buffalo

Besides a protest rally held outside of City Hall about the privatization of the Buffalo Public Schools before the Buffalo Board of Education meetimg last night, Interim Superintendent Donald A. Ogilvie discussed the timeline for the  so called out-of-time schools, Bennett, East Lafayette and MLK. RFP expected to be issued next week .

While,  by mid December and January, proposals for charters would have also been submitted to the State Education Department in Albany. 

And the school board will be able to enter  into  independent negotiations with these entities authorized to open charters In Buffalo.

All of this of course is not without controversy and the minority bloc on the  School  Board have criticized the State Education Department for allowing only new charter schools to open in the city of Buffalo.

There is concern in the community about the rush to not only open new charter schools in Buffalo but also to convert "any " of the Buffalo schools into charters  as directed in the resolution that was passed at the previous board meeting.

Also there was the issue brought up by members of the minority bloc on the school board about the district own turnaround plans.

In other matters, $1.6 million was approved to hire more teacher aides in  kindergarten in the district and to reduce class sizes.