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Buffalo-area schools spending about $28,000 per student
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Thirty-nine school budgets totaling $4 billion were recently approved in Erie and Niagara counties for the upcoming school year. The money will educate some 138,000 public school students in kindergarten through 12th grade. The individual budgets range from a low of $17.7 million in North Collins,...
'I'm just blindsided': Parents react after North Tonawanda Sweet Angels Daycare license suspended
NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WKBW) — Samantha and Jon enrolled their twin boys at Sweet Angels Daycare and Preschool in North Tonawanda about two years ago. Their time there abruptly ended last month after the New York State Office of Children and Family Services shut down the facility for multiple violations.
Jacobs School medical students have developed a course to train their peers in trauma-informed care
BUFFALO, N.Y. – University at Buffalo medical students working with community anti-violence groups in Buffalo have developed an elective course on “Trauma surgery and trauma-informed care.”. The purpose is to train medical students, particularly those interested in surgery, in trauma-informed care in Buffalo’s Level 1 Adult Trauma Center...
School district, community working to support KinderKiddz after devastating fire
With Additional Reporting and Photos by Michael J. Billoni. School resumed Thursday at Sidway Elementary School for 31 pre-kindergarten students, who lost their school as the result of Saturday’s devastating fire at KinderKiddz Learning Center. “We are very excited to welcome parents and children from KinderKiddz, who are part...
St. Mark School will remain while parish faces potential merger
BUFFALO, N.Y. — More news of closings and mergers continues to come out after the Diocese of Buffalo recommended that 34% of their parishes combine so they could sell the closed properties. On Thursday night recommendations from the Diocese were given to the North Buffalo church parish of St....
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