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The Erie-Niagara School Superintendents Association sent a letter to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul asking for a timeline on ending masking in schools ahead of its expiration date on February 21.

The Erie County Department of Health says 17 Erie County school districts and 11 private schools will participate in the county's test-to-stay program.

The program will allow students, who would otherwise be subject to quarantine, at qualifying P-12 schools to attend classes following an in-school COVID-19 exposure, as long as they remain symptom free.

The test-to-stay pilot program will begin as an option for the district's k-12 students on December 6.

Violence in the community is affecting the Buffalo Public School district as the school year carries on. The district said they restructured their code of conduct to create the safest place for children while helping resolve the issues that may lead to violence.

Parents in the West Seneca School District said they are concerned about the way the district is handling an increase in COVID-19 cases.

Buffalo Public Schools and Say Yes have released their plans for holding summer school sessions which will begin July 12.

Buffalo Public Schools remove mask requirement for outdoor activities 7 Eyewitness News Staff and last updated 2021-06-09 11:42:31-04 BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Buffalo Public Schools announced an update to its mask guidance following updated mask guidance from the New York State Department of Health Monday. BPS says masks may be eliminated for outdoor recess, outdoor physical education classes and all outdoor athletic events. All staff, students and visitors must continue to wear masks and so...

Sunday afternoon, the New York State Education Department sent an email to superintendents saying mask guidance for students would not be changing Monday.

Attendance this year is limited to 100 people indoors and 200 outdoors. Each graduate only gets two tickets.