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Union and district officials have come to an agreement on an evaluation plan for Buffalo school teachers.

The leader of the Buffalo's teachers union says there are some flaws in school security at some public schools in the city.  Buffalo Teachers Federation president Phil Rumore has learned that some classroom doors don't lock.

A agreement on the teacher transfer issue was reached late Friday during a meeting between the Buffalo Teachers Federation and Schools Superintendent Pamela Brown. 

An 18-year-old student was arrested and charged Thursday with making a terrorist threat against a Buffalo public high school.

Buffalo schools are again grappling with the issues of student conduct and suspensions.  A discussion of the proposed code of conduct was held at McKinley High School Tuesday night, the first in a series of public meetings on the plan.

The Buffalo School District says it is being vigilant in its response to Friday's mass shooting in Connecticut.

Buffalo Teachers Federation President Phil Rumore isn't backing down in the face of layoff threats from the school district.

Buffalo schools are using writing and photography to help some students with their work, especially those who are learning English as a second language.

The Say Yes to Education program turns into bricks and mortar today, with the opening of The College Success Center in Bennett High School.

Buffalo school officials say 30-day layoff notices may go out as early as December 17, as the fight with the Buffalo Teachers Federation escalates.

The Buffalo Teachers Federation has rejected a cash incentive aimed at easing the involuntary transfer of 106 teachers from some of the district's low-achieving schools.

The Buffalo News reports the $2,500 cash incentive was offered by new Superintendent Pamela Brown as the district struggles to implement its school turnaround plan.

BTF President Phil Rumore called the offer "unacceptable."

Brown would not comment on the action, but is expected to address the issue at Wednesday's school board meeting.
 

In a scathing report issued by the Buffalo Public School District's 'distinguished educator,'  Judy Elliott claims the district's central office is "out-of-touch" with principals at struggling schools. 

Elliott says district administrators rarely visit city schools and often ignore calls from schools for assistance. Her report claims the central office did not schedule meetings with principals during the 2011-2012 school year and that principals have little say in the teachers hired at their respective schools. 

The Buffalo school district's "distinguished educator" is taking aim at the district's central office in City Hall, saying that it is out of touch with the needs of the city's struggling schools.

In a report provided to the State Education Commissioner, Judy Elliott says the district's central planners offer little support to the principals at Buffalo's so-called "priority schools," the 28 city schools which rank among the lowest performers in the state.

There is a ceremony today re-opening Kensington High School as Frederick Law Olmsted at Kensington, the latest project in the $1.5 billion rebuilding of city schools.

The Joint Schools Construction Board yesterday approved paying more than $6 million in the latest monthly installment of the building project.

Chief Operating Officer Joseph Giusiana told the board those monthly payments will rise sharply as the $175 million Phase 5 of the program kicks into action.