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Two Buffalo charter schools are suing the School Board in order to remain open. Westminster Community Charter School and Enterprise Charter School have filed suit against the Buffalo Board of Education in the New York Supreme Court. Westminster and Enterprise hope to keep their two schools, which serve economically disadvantaged students, open. The Buffalo Public Schools Board voted on March 31, 2021, to close the two schools. The decision impacts approximately 950 students in grades kindergarten through 8th. Westminster and Enterprise said, in a media release I received, the decision to close them creates disruption for students and parents, as it came too late for families to apply to other charter schools. It also says that the decision will cause students to have to enroll in schools that are underperforming - noting that its two schools have better test scores than 25 schools in BPS.
Two charter schools sue Buffalo School Board to remain open
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and last updated 2021-05-19 17:13:09-04
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) â Two Buffalo charter schools are suing the Buffalo School Board to prevent the board from shutting them down.
The lawsuit alleges that, the Buffalo Public School Board âused outdated and incorrect standards when reviewing Westminsterâs charter renewal application.â
If the lawsuit is denied, 1,000 school students will need to find a new school.
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Three years ago, Jackie Macias, a librarian at Chula Vista Public Library, met a group of high school students from MAAC Community Charter School who inspired her to start a project aimed at giving a voice to local immigrant teenagers.
“It all started at a little park right behind our library, it’s Orange Park,” she said. “On my lunch breaks, I’d do exercises and the charter school doesn’t have a (physical education) facility or a library so a teacher would bring his students to run a mile.”
After brief encounters with the students, the class was invited to visit the library and partake in activities and workshops.