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Board approves consent agenda; members press for police MOU and question WazEd STEM spending

Buffalo Board of Education · July 18, 2024
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The board approved minutes and the consent agenda and polled recusals. Members pressed for a memorandum of understanding with the Buffalo Police Department on SRO/security services and debated the district's WazEd/WISEd STEM spending and implementation; the superintendent and chief defended the program and offered follow-up.

The Buffalo Board of Education voted to approve meeting minutes from June 12, 2024, and accepted the consent agenda on July 17 after a recusal poll. During general business, board members discussed several operational items, notably a payment to the Buffalo Police Department for school security services and purchases tied to the WazEd STEM program.

A motion to excuse absent board members (Kathy Evans Brown, Jennifer Makusi and Larry Scott) was made and seconded; the board chair…

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