Buffalo City School District public meetings in 2025

REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING

The Buffalo City School District Board holds a regular business meeting on December 17, 2025. The board will vote on a consent agenda including personnel changes, donations to schools, and multiple contracts for services and supplies. Notable actions include approving $71,672 for City Honors IB exam fees, accepting a $23,000 donation for Harvey Austin School, and awarding a $27,059 emergency heating contract.

• Approve $71,672 for May 2026 City Honors IB examination registration fees
• Accept $23,000 Tower Foundation donation for Harvey Austin School PS #97
• Accept $27,500 National Gypsum donation for PS #50 North Park Community School
• Award $27,059 to Johnson Controls for emergency heating services at Schools 59 and 195
• Purchase cafeteria tables from multiple vendors for $100,0 (amount as listed in agenda)

COMMITTEE WORK SESSIONS

The Buffalo City School District Committee Work Sessions on December 10, 2025, are information and discussion meetings. Presentations are scheduled from the Student Leadership Network, Kids Escaping Drugs, and on student extracurricular engagement. The committee will also receive an overview of Student Outcomes Focused Governance Training. No votes or decisions are on the agenda.

• Student Leadership Network presentation by CEO Yolanda Marshall
• Kids Escaping Drugs presentation by Executive Director Jodie Altman on Face2Face and BPS impact
• Discussion on student belonging and engagement through extracurricular activities led by Chief Academic Officer Anne Botticelli
• Overview of Student Outcomes Focused Governance Training by Rodney Jordan, with operating procedures and implementation timeline documents

COMMITTEE WORK SESSIONS

The Buffalo City School District Committee holds work sessions to discuss the superintendent's goals and evaluation, and to review the first-quarter financial report and updates. No votes or decisions are scheduled; these are informational and discussion items.

• Discussion of Superintendent Goals and Evaluation (Executive Affairs)
• Review of 1st Quarter Financial Report and Updates (Finance & Operations)

REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING

The Buffalo City School District board will vote on a resolution to close Pathways Academy, approve tentative labor agreements with substitute and support staff unions, and consider multiple consultant contracts for educational services. The meeting also includes approval of previous meeting minutes, personnel changes, and superintendent goal updates.

• Resolution to close Pathways Academy
• Tentative agreement with Substitutes United of Buffalo (SUBS United) for 2025-2028
• Tentative agreement with Buffalo Educational Support Team (BEST)
• Autism Learning Partners behavior analysis services contract for $500,000
• Candles in the Sun partnership schools contract for $18,000

COMMITTEE WORK SESSIONS

The Buffalo City School District Committee Work Sessions will discuss an update on the WNY Education Equity Task Force School Choice Project. The Student Achievement committee's items are tabled, with student achievement data to be reviewed at the November 19 Business Meeting.

• Update: WNY Education Equity Task Force School Choice Project
• Student Achievement committee agenda items tabled; data review deferred to November 19 Business Meeting

COMMITTEE WORK SESSIONS

The Finance & Operations Committee will receive a presentation on the district's internal audit function and discuss related policies (BPS Policy #5573 and #1339). The Executive Affairs Committee agenda items have been tabled.

• Presentation on Internal Audit Function by Internal Audit Director Sharron Fung
• Review of BPS Policy #5573 -- Internal Audit Function
• Review of BPS Policy #1339 -- Duties of the Internal Auditor
• Executive Affairs agenda items tabled at chairperson's consent

REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING

The Buffalo City School District Board will hold a regular business meeting, including public comment and a superintendent update. They will consider a consent agenda with multiple consultant contracts and personnel changes. Key action items include approving instructional, civil service, administrative, and exempt personnel changes, as well as several educational service contracts.

• Say Yes! Mental Health Clinics contract for $300,000
• PowerSchool Professional Learning Management System contract for $135,984.12
• Candles in the Sun Foundation contract for $80,000
• Buffalo Zoo services at ECC #90 for $36,389.98
• Instructional, civil service, administrative, and exempt personnel changes

COMMITTEE WORK SESSIONS

This is a committee work session of the Buffalo City School District board. The Finance & Operations committee will receive a presentation on the 24-25 fiscal year results and external audit. The Executive Affairs committee will receive an update on the district's artificial intelligence policy. No votes or decisions are scheduled; it is an information-sharing session.

• Presentation of 24-25 fiscal year results and external audit by CFO and Lumsden CPA
• Artificial Intelligence policy update presented by Chief Technology Officer Juliana Sciolino

COMMITTEE WORK SESSIONS

The Buffalo City School District Board holds committee work sessions to discuss the Parent Engagement Policy, receive an Adult Education Update, and a Summer School Update. These are discussion items, not final decisions.

• Review of BPS BOE Policy 3170 Parent Engagement Policy
• Adult Education division presentation
• 2025 Summer School data presentation

REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING

The Buffalo City School District Board of Education meets for a regular business meeting on September 17, 2025. The consent agenda includes personnel changes, multiple consultant contracts, and a resolution to establish a School Closure Committee. Public comments, superintendent updates, and approval of previous minutes are also on the agenda.

• Resolution to create a School Closure Committee (item 13A, action consent)
• Contract with Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra for concerts: $100,000
• Contract with School Transformation Consultants LLC: $100,000
• Contract with Student Leadership Network for PS #131, #355, #357: $86,300
• Contract with National SAMs Innovation Project for training and coaching: $58,500

COMMITTEE WORK SESSIONS

The Buffalo City School District board holds a committee work session with presentations on instructional staffing and the latest student achievement data. No votes or decisions are scheduled.

• Presentation: Instructional Staffing Update by Human Resources
• Presentation: Latest Student Achievement Data by Office of Instruction

COMMITTEE WORK SESSIONS

The Buffalo School District's Committee Work Sessions will receive three presentations: an overview of the PK-3 Ad Hoc Committee, a proposed 4-Year Plan for 2026-2029 from the finance department, and an update on yellow bus staffing from transportation. No votes or decisions are scheduled; the session is informational.

• Presentation: PK-3 Ad Hoc Committee Overview
• Presentation: 4 Year Plan 2026-2029
• Presentation: Yellow Bus Staffing Update

REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING

The Buffalo City School District Board will consider personnel changes and approve multiple consultant contracts, including a $665,449 Safe Passage Program for student safety, a $100,000 College Board agreement, and several educational service contracts. The meeting also includes a superintendent's update on goals and a 100-day entry plan presentation.

• Safe Passage Program contract for $665,449 from General Fund
• College Board 2025-2026 contract for $100,000
• AI Policy Development consulting and PD for $35,000
• Instructional, civil service, administrative, and exempt personnel changes
• Contracts for museum services ($24,000 and $64,015) and literacy tutoring ($54,000)

SPECIAL BOARD MEETING

This special board meeting of the Buffalo City School District will consider a motion to approve the superintendent's contract. The board will also review guardrails for board governance and the 2024-2025 SOFG monitoring calendar. No other substantive business is listed.

• Motion to approve superintendent's contract
• Review of board guardrails document
• Review of 2024-2025 SOFG monitoring calendar
• Meeting held at Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts #192

REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING

The Buffalo School Board will consider approval of instructional, civil service, administrative, and exempt personnel changes. The board will also vote on several consultant contracts, including a $208,575 Pearson Q-Interactive Software renewal for special education testing and a $43,656 GO-IO enterprise content management system. A resolution regarding a data privacy agreement with ROC is up for approval. The superintendent will present goals data monitoring as a discussion item.

• Approve $208,575 Pearson Q-Interactive Software contract for CSE testing
• Approve $43,656 GO-IO hosted Enterprise Content Manager Systems for Special Education
• Approve $9,315 SHC Staffing Services for field trip nurses for NYSAA community outings
• Approve $22,568 Buffalo Zoological Services at School 59
• Approve amendment to regulations for Senior Electrical Engineer position

SPECIAL BOARD MEETING

The Buffalo City School District Board is holding a special meeting on June 20, 2025, at 8:30 AM. The agenda includes only an executive session, call to order, pledge of allegiance, and adjournment, with no substantive decisions or public discussions listed.

REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING

The Buffalo City School District Board will vote on multiple consultant contracts, including a $1.49 million College Bound Initiative and a $791,614 student support services agreement. Personnel changes across instructional, civil service, administrative, and exempt categories are also up for approval. The board will hear monitoring reports on interim goals 3.1 and 4.1, and consider minutes from four prior meetings.

• School Leadership Network - College Bound Initiative contract, $1,493,755.00
• Multiple community-based organizations for student & family support services, $791,614.00
• Say Yes Buffalo 'Breaking Barriers' youth leadership program, $43,930.00
• WNY Facility Solutions LLC stationary engineering instruction for adult students, $24,256.00
• Approval of instructional, civil service, administrative, and exempt personnel changes

SPECIAL BOARD MEETING

The Buffalo City School District Board is holding a special meeting that consists solely of an executive session, followed by opening formalities and adjournment. No public agenda items are listed for discussion or decision.

• Convene executive session (no public details)
• Call to order and pledge of allegiance
• Adjournment

SPECIAL BOARD MEETING

This is a special board meeting of the Buffalo City School District. The board will convene an executive session, likely for personnel or legal matters, then adjourn. No other business is listed on the agenda.

• Executive session (closed to public)

SPECIAL BOARD MEETING

This is a special board meeting of the Buffalo City School District that includes only procedural items: call to order, pledge of allegiance, and adjournment. The board may convene an executive session, but no substantive decisions or discussions are listed on the agenda.

• No substantive items listed; agenda consists only of call to order, pledge of allegiance, and adjournment

REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING

The Board of Education will consider several consultant contracts for educational services and community school partnerships. The meeting also includes approvals for instructional, civil service, administrative, and exempt personnel changes.

• Contract with SAY YES Buffalo, Inc. for Community Schools: $2,512,856.00
• Contracts with multiple community-based organizations (Belle Center, Best Self, Northwest, The Collaborative Center, Matt Urban): $988,250.00
• Curriculum Associates, Inc. iReady Math Assessment contract: $124,137.60
• Curriculum Associates, Inc. iReady Reading Assessments contract: $95,457.60
• Market Decisions Research contract for Youth Risk Behavior Survey: $64,852.00

WORK SESSION - SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH

The Buffalo City School District is holding a work session focused on the superintendent search. The agenda includes a presentation on public input regarding the search process.

• Presentation on public input for the superintendent search

COMMITTEE WORK SESSIONS

The Finance and Operations committee will hold a question-and-answer session on the proposed 2025-2026 budget, led by the superintendent and chief financial officer. The agenda is otherwise procedural with opening remarks and no formal votes scheduled.

• 2025-2026 Superintendent's Proposed Budget Q&A
• Opening remarks by committee chair and superintendent

SPECIAL BOARD MEETING

The Buffalo City School District Board is holding a special meeting to consider a resolution on an expanded process to procure an independent investigator. The board may also convene an executive session. No other substantive items are on the agenda.

• Resolution on expanded process to procure independent investigator

COMMITTEE WORK SESSIONS

The Finance & Operations committee will hold a work session to review the 2025-2026 budget. CFO Jim Barnes will lead the budget presentation.

• 2025-2026 Budget Presentation

SPECIAL BOARD MEETING

This special board meeting of the Buffalo City School District opens with procedural items (call to order, pledge, land acknowledgement) and will then take up two documents: 'Guardrails for the Board of Education' and the '2024-2025 SOFG Monitoring Calendar'. The board may also convene an executive session.

• Discussion of 'Guardrails for the Board of Education' (attached PDF)
• Discussion of '2024-2025 SOFG Monitoring Calendar' (attached PDF)
• Possible executive session

REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING

The Buffalo City School District Board will consider approving several consultant contracts, including a $1.5 million Say Yes Buffalo summer camp, literacy assessments, and assessment software. The board will also receive a 2025-2026 budget update and vote on personnel changes and prior meeting minutes.

• Say Yes Buffalo, Inc. summer camp contract for $1,500,000
• Amplify Education K-4 literacy screening assessment contract for $190,770
• eDoctrina student assessment management system contract for $248,567.20
• eDoctrina APPR platform for staff evaluation contract for $100,958.14
• IXL Learning interim assessments for high school ELA and math for $161,330

SPECIAL BOARD MEETING

This special Board of Education meeting includes a discussion of guardrails for the Board and the 2024-2025 SOFG Monitoring Calendar. No votes or formal decisions are listed on the agenda.

• Discussion of guardrails for the Board of Education
• Review of the 2024-2025 SOFG Monitoring Calendar

REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING

The Buffalo City School District Board will hold a regular business meeting on March 19, 2025, starting with an executive session at 4:00 PM and the public meeting at 5:30 PM. The board will hear presentations on literacy/high school and financial updates, then vote on consent items including the 2025-2026 district calendar, personnel changes, and several consultant contracts. The meeting also includes public comments, superintendent response, and student representative updates.

• Action to approve the 2025-2026 BPS District Calendar
• Contract with Vagabond Tours for $111,320 for a CLRI culmination trip
• Contract with Candles in the Sun Foundation for $45,000 for a Hero Healing Circle program at three additional schools
• Contract with Lexia Voyager Sopris for $65,000 for NUMBERS professional development and training materials
• Approval of instructional, civil service, administrative, and exempt personnel changes

SPECIAL BOARD MEETING

The Board of Education is holding a special meeting to discuss and potentially act on a resolution regarding the engagement of BOCES. The meeting also includes procedural opening items and an executive session.

• Resolution regarding engaging BOCES

(CANCELLED) COMMITTEE WORK SESSIONS

This meeting was cancelled; no business was conducted or discussed.

(CANCELLED) COMMITTEE WORK SESSIONS

This meeting was cancelled. The agenda contains only procedural boilerplate with no substantive items for discussion or decision.

SPECIAL BOARD MEETING

The Buffalo City School District Board of Education is holding a special meeting to consider two proposals for superintendent search services: one from Dr. Michael Capuana/Erie 1 BOCES and another from HYA Associates. The board will also review guardrails for the board and a monitoring calendar. All substantive discussion is scheduled for closed executive session.

• Superintendent search proposal from Dr. Michael Capuana/Erie 1 BOCES
• Superintendent search proposal from HYA Associates
• Guardrails for the Board of Education (attached PDF)
• 2024-2025 SOFG Monitoring Calendar (attached PDF)

REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING

The Buffalo City School District Board will consider a revised $712,059.70 contract for digitizing and storing special education records, plus a consent agenda including personnel changes, contracts, and travel. Public comments and updates from the superintendent and student representative are also scheduled.

• Supplemental digitization and storage of special education records – $712,059.70 (Data Imaging Services, Instream/NYS Industries for the Disabled)
• Wellness workshops/assemblies for PreK-12 students – $120,000 (Young Audiences of WNY, Inc.)
• Travel to Harvard University's System Wise Leadership Institute – $56,233.36
• Out-of-country travel for PS #195 to Ontario, Canada – $2,080, and Vagabond Tours NY-Washington D.C. for PS 53 – $25,584
• Superintendent's Resolution for Data Security

COMMITTEE WORK SESSIONS

The Buffalo City School District committees will discuss the second-quarter financial report and budget update, as well as transportation updates, NYS assessment and Regents exam overview, and a technology update. The Executive Affairs committee agenda has been tabled until next month. No votes or decisions are scheduled; these are work sessions for discussion and information.

• 2nd Quarter Financial Report & Budget Update presentation by CFO Jim Barnes
• Transportation Department update from COO David Hills and Transportation Director Joseph Ghosen
• NYS Assessment/Regents Exam Overview from Chief Academic Officer Anne Botticelli
• Technology Update from CTO Julianna Sciolino and IT Director Alicia Thompson
• Executive Affairs committee agenda tabled until next month

REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING

The Buffalo City School District board will consider a consent agenda that includes awarding an $11.6 million contract to US Foods for food products and distribution for the 2025-2026 school year, as well as a $475,000 meal delivery contract with Foxy Delivery Service. Other action items include approval of instructional, civil service, administrative, and exempt personnel changes, and acceptance of a scholarship. The meeting also includes a presentation on instructional priorities.

• Award of $11,555,000 contract to US Foods for food products and distribution for 2025-2026
• Award of $475,000 contract to Foxy Delivery Service for meal delivery in 2024-2025
• Repair of steam leak by John W Danforth for $25,124
• Purchase of xerographic paper from Staples for $93,504.80
• Acceptance of Hon. Jennifer Mecozzi Scholarship in honor of Mr. Johnnie Bruce Fenderson

COMMITTEE WORK SESSIONS

The Buffalo City School District board is holding committee work sessions to discuss and receive information on student achievement, education support, executive affairs, and finance and operations. Specific items include presentations on the University-Assisted Community School at Research Lab H.S., the Leadership Network, a goals update, and financial updates on the budget process, capital budget financing, and the commissary.

• Presentation on University-Assisted Community School at Research Lab H.S.
• Leadership Network presentation by Charlene Watson
• Goals update discussion led by Vice-President Cindi M. McEachon
• Financial updates including budget process, capital budget financing, and commissary update

REORGANIZATION MEETING

The Buffalo City School District Board of Education holds its annual reorganization meeting to swear in board members and elect officers for the coming year, including the president and two vice president positions. No policy decisions, contracts, or public hearings are on the agenda.

• Swearing in of board members
• Nominations for the office of President
• Nominations for the office of Vice President of Executive Affairs
• Nominations for the office of Vice President of Student Achievement