Ben Tsujimoto

1 week ago | buffalonews.com | Ben Tsujimoto

Buffalo Public Schools' nearly 3,800 teachers face key leadership decisions as voting began Tuesday for members of the Buffalo Teachers Federation to elect a president, vice president, secretary, treasurer and executive committee. For the presidency, Rich Nigro seeks a second two-year term as head of the union, while Melissa Kenney, a veteran union member and English teacher at Lewis J. Bennett School of Innovative Technology, aims to unseat him.

1 week ago | buffalonews.com | Ben Tsujimoto

Ten days ago, leaders of The Service Collaborative of WNY were hopeful that the federal cuts to AmeriCorps staff would have no or little impact on the nonprofit’s service programs in Buffalo geared toward youth workforce development. But as of Monday, three of the Service Collaborative’s four major programs have been abruptly suspended because the federal grants funding them were terminated by President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency.

1 week ago | buffalonews.com | Ben Tsujimoto

A looming threat to federal funding for Head Start early childhood programs prompted federal, state and city political leaders on Friday to assemble on East Ferry Street to warn against the potential impact on children from low-income families. While Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, New York Assembly Majority Leader Crystal D. Peoples-Stokes and Buffalo Common Council member Zeneta Everhart vowed to fight against President Trump's budget proposal to slash the funding.

2 weeks ago | buffalonews.com | Ben Tsujimoto

After nearly three hours behind closed doors Monday night, the Buffalo School Board announced plans to hire a third-party investigator to look into claims by Buffalo police detective Richard Hy that Buffalo Schools officials, especially its legal department, have covered up or improperly handled instances of attempted abduction, sexual assault and child abuse.

2 weeks ago | buffalonews.com | Ben Tsujimoto

Buffalo Schools Superintendent Tonja M. Williams Knight could make it through only a few minutes of Buffalo police detective Richard Hy's appearance on the "Unsubscribed Podcast" in which he levied serious allegations against the school district. Hy claimed the district and others are covering up or improperly handling cases of sexual assault, attempted abduction and child abuse within the school system. Williams Knight said that's simply not true.