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A New School Year One Stop Shop for Parents/Caregivers

Scott for Buffalo Schools

3 days ago
1 min

A New School Year One Stop Shop for Parents/Caregivers

September 8, 2024 Well-Visits & Vaccinations, due by September 18, 2024 Parent Portal Stay connected and informed on your...

School Based Management Teams and School Based Budgeting

Scott for Buffalo Schools

Mar 21
1 min

School Based Management Teams and School Based Budgeting

I continue to get a lot of critical feedback from stakeholders on the 2024-25 Budget. Know that I am listening closely to it all. Here is...

Summer School Visit #5: International School Jumpstart & Se Levanta #45

Scott for Buffalo Schools

Aug 11, 2023
2 min

Summer School Visit #5: International School Jumpstart & Se Levanta #45

August 11, 2023 Yesterday, I had the opportunity to attend the end of summer Jump Start and Se Levanta projects at International School...

Summer School Visit #3: Native American Magnet #19

Scott for Buffalo Schools

Aug 8, 2023
2 min

Summer School Visit #3: Native American Magnet #19

August 8, 2023 On July 25, 2023, I visited Native American Magnet #19. Built in 1899, this building might be the oldest existing Buffalo...

Summer School Visit #4: Discovery School #67

Scott for Buffalo Schools

Aug 8, 2023
2 min

Summer School Visit #4: Discovery School #67

August 8, 2023 On July 26, 2023, I had the opportunity to visit Summer School at Discovery School #67. Principal John Zeis gave me a...

Summer School Visit 2: Bilingual Center #33

Scott for Buffalo Schools

Jul 19, 2023
2 min

Summer School Visit 2: Bilingual Center #33

July 20, 2023 On Wednesday, July 19, 2023, for the first time, I had the pleasure of visiting Bilingual Center #33, located in the Park...

Summer School Visit to Hillery Park Elementary #27

Scott for Buffalo Schools

Jul 19, 2023
2 min

Summer School Visit to Hillery Park Elementary #27

July 19, 2023 On Tuesday, July 18, 2023, I began visiting BPS Summer School Programs with a visit to Hillery Park Elementary #27 ...

Buffalo Public Schools 2023-24 Proposed Budget

Scott for Buffalo Schools

May 3, 2023
1 min

Buffalo Public Schools 2023-24 Proposed Budget

Finance & 2023-24 Budget Presentation, May 3, 2023 Proposed 2023-24 BPS Budget, May 16, 2023 ...

Board Work Session Updates (April 12, 2023): Summer- Extended Learning & Safety/Security Plan

Scott for Buffalo Schools

Apr 13, 2023
1 min

Board Work Session Updates (April 12, 2023): Summer- Extended Learning & Safety/Security Plan

Extended Learning- Summer, April 12, 2023 BPS SAFETY & SECURITY PLAN 2023 SPRING AND SUMMER, April 12, 2023

The Conference of Big 5 School Districts

Scott for Buffalo Schools

Mar 21, 2023
2 min

The Conference of Big 5 School Districts

The Conference of Big 5 represents large urban school districts in New York State, now including more than five: Buffalo * New York City...

Buffalo BOE Updates: Capital Planning, Budget, and Data (Attendance, Suspension, & Literacy)

Scott for Buffalo Schools

Mar 15, 2023
1 min

Buffalo BOE Updates: Capital Planning, Budget, and Data (Attendance, Suspension, & Literacy)

March 15, 2023 Committee Work Session Presentations: Budget, ESSER, & ARP Update, March 8, 2023 Capital Planning: Facilities, Buildings,...

Fact Checking the NYCLU & Legal Aid Bureau on Suspensions

Scott for Buffalo Schools

Feb 21, 2023
2 min

Fact Checking the NYCLU & Legal Aid Bureau on Suspensions

February 21, 2023 Last week, representatives from the New York Civil Liberties Union and Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo authored an “Another...

Buffalo & the 2022 Assessments: Black Students See Significant Decline at Charters

Scott for Buffalo Schools

Nov 23, 2022
3 min

Buffalo & the 2022 Assessments: Black Students See Significant Decline at Charters

The National Assessment of Education Performance (NAEP) and New York State Assessment Results for 2022 have been released. As expected,...

Buffalo Board of Education Updates, November 13, 2022

Scott for Buffalo Schools

Nov 13, 2022
1 min

Buffalo Board of Education Updates, November 13, 2022

Below are several updates which were shared with the Buffalo Board of Education during all of November's Work Sessions. Notably, the...

Approach to Student Behavior Must be Balanced with Accountability

Scott for Buffalo Schools

Oct 16, 2022
3 min

Approach to Student Behavior Must be Balanced with Accountability

In the world of public education, it is all too easy to use data as a weapon. Suspension data in Buffalo Public Schools was recently used...

It's Red Herring Season for Urban Public Schools

Scott for Buffalo Schools

Sep 28, 2022
2 min

It's Red Herring Season for Urban Public Schools

The first month of the new school year has not even been completed and already operatives are launching a red herring on Buffalo Public...

Scott for Buffalo Schools

Jun 1, 2022
2 min

The Pandemic & Grade Retention

June 3, 2022 In an “Investigative Post” story from January 10, 2022, it framed BPS as being neglectful for not retaining more students...

My Public Remarks at the Buffalo Board Meeting on the Buffalo Tragedy

Scott for Buffalo Schools

May 19, 2022
2 min

My Public Remarks at the Buffalo Board Meeting on the Buffalo Tragedy

May 18, 2022 What happened on Saturday, May 14, 2022, at Tops on Jefferson, was unequivocally, a horrific act of terrorism caused by...

Scott for Buffalo Schools

May 2, 2022
1 min

Arthur O. Eve School of Distinction #61

May 2, 2022 On Friday, April 29, I visited Arthur O. Eve School of Distinction, "Home of the Arts and Gifted & Talented Program". And,...

The Endless Weaponizing of State Assessments Against Urban Public Schools & Students (Report 1)

Scott for Buffalo Schools

Apr 20, 2022
5 min

The Endless Weaponizing of State Assessments Against Urban Public Schools & Students (Report 1)

This is the first report from my new blog series: The Intersection of Public Education, Labor, & Democracy. The introduction and purpose...