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District reports ninth‑grade credit and lab‑minute progress; 75.1% of cohort on track for science eligibility

Buffalo Public Schools Board of Education (Buffalo City School District) · December 13, 2024
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Assistant superintendent Laura Samolsky Peters reported first‑quarter checks: 75.1% of cohort 2024 are on track for the 1,200‑minute lab requirement, and the district is tracking a dip in credit accrual across the year; goals include moving pass rates and credit accrual modestly higher by June/August 2025.

Assistant Superintendent Dr. Laura Samolsky Peters reviewed the district’s two high‑school goals and first‑quarter checks for the cohort of students who entered high school in 2024.

On exams, Samolsky Peters said the district’s goal is a modest increase in students passing at least one Regents by the end of their first high‑school year: from 38.5% in August 2024 to 39.5% in August 2025. For lab eligibility, she set an interim benchmark: the…

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