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The Hamburg Central School District plans to lay off 17 teachers and support staff at the end of the year.

Hundreds of parents, students and teachers packed the Hamburg Central School Board meeting Tuesday night to object to the layoffs of 17 employees, including 13 teachers.

Parents, students and concerned community members were not holding back on their disapproval of the sudden teacher layoffs that were announced by Hamburg Central School District school officials.

Families in the Hamburg Central School District are upset after learning more than a dozen teachers and staff members received layoff notices.

School officials are running into inflation and a shortage of contractors willing to bid on building work.

Fourteen districts in Erie and Niagara counties would receive less money in foundation aid, what some call the "bread and butter" of school funding, under Gov. Kathy Hochuls proposal.

The decision for schools to close or remain open is often met with public scrutiny – and pressure to act quickly.

Diwali, the Asian Lunar New Year, Eid-al-Fitr and Eid-al-Adha are new holidays on the Williamsville Central Schools Calendar.

An engineer from Manningtree turned his life around by turning his passion for photography into his new career.

Amid a local and national teacher shortage, Erie 1 BOCES has been awarded $3.12 million from the Empire State Teacher Residency Program.