Buffalo school moms calling for inclusion on reopening decision making "Parents can barely survive" and last updated 2021-03-31 18:02:24-04 âWe know that children are in a mental health crisis â parents can barely survive,â remarked Jessica Bauer Walker, mother, president, Buffalo Public Schools Community Health Worker Parent Association. Buffalo Public School mothers and caregivers say they are frustrated, tired and want change. They appeared at a news conference Wednesday to call on the district to hear their struggle and offer support. WKBW Maribel Irizarry, mother and grandmother. âI kind of feel sometimes like Iâm in jail â literally speaking â I'm in jail,â declared Maribel Irizarry, mother and grandmother.