At most, only one of every five students asking to be transferred out of their low-performing Buffalo schools will be granted their request this coming school year, according to a new plan released today by Buffalo Public Schools.
The district had until today to submit a plan find new spots for the 2,219 students who requested transfers.
The plan accommodates 300 to 500 students this academic year.
The others will have to wait as the district implements its news school choice plan over the next three years.
The plan recommends opening two new schools, as well as closing two other schools and reopening them under a new instructional approach.
These are the highlights of a 26-page district plan released today to address the issue of how to deal with students who request transfers from low-performing schools to one in good standing.
The state Education Department ruled in May that, under federal law, students attending underperforming Buffalo schools have the right to transfer to a school in good standing.
The plan must still be accepted by the state and the Board of Education.
Even those who are granted transfers this coming school may have to wait. The transfers will not happen by the start of school next month, and the process will likely stretch out over months, a district official said.
“We will begin making offers next week,” said Will Keresztes, the district’s chief of student support services who also oversees student placement. “We will be doing it as quickly as we can.”
In a statement released this afternoon, Superintendent Pamela C. Brown called the plan a “product of close collaboration with the New York State Education Department.”
“The original plan was formulated with consideration of input from district parents and staff,” Brown said in the statement. “The plan submitted today was revised to reflect NYSED directives based on the original plan, in further consideration of State Education guidelines.
“It is our expectation that the Corrective Action Plan meets the State Education Department’s Public School Choice guidelines and is in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations as put forth through No Child Left Behind, per Commissioner John B. King,’ she said in her statement.
“As always, we strive to offer each student a world-class, 21st century education,” she said.
email: jrey@buffnews.com
The district had until today to submit a plan find new spots for the 2,219 students who requested transfers.
The plan accommodates 300 to 500 students this academic year.
The others will have to wait as the district implements its news school choice plan over the next three years.
The plan recommends opening two new schools, as well as closing two other schools and reopening them under a new instructional approach.
These are the highlights of a 26-page district plan released today to address the issue of how to deal with students who request transfers from low-performing schools to one in good standing.
The state Education Department ruled in May that, under federal law, students attending underperforming Buffalo schools have the right to transfer to a school in good standing.
The plan must still be accepted by the state and the Board of Education.
Even those who are granted transfers this coming school may have to wait. The transfers will not happen by the start of school next month, and the process will likely stretch out over months, a district official said.
“We will begin making offers next week,” said Will Keresztes, the district’s chief of student support services who also oversees student placement. “We will be doing it as quickly as we can.”
In a statement released this afternoon, Superintendent Pamela C. Brown called the plan a “product of close collaboration with the New York State Education Department.”
“The original plan was formulated with consideration of input from district parents and staff,” Brown said in the statement. “The plan submitted today was revised to reflect NYSED directives based on the original plan, in further consideration of State Education guidelines.
“It is our expectation that the Corrective Action Plan meets the State Education Department’s Public School Choice guidelines and is in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations as put forth through No Child Left Behind, per Commissioner John B. King,’ she said in her statement.
“As always, we strive to offer each student a world-class, 21st century education,” she said.
email: jrey@buffnews.com