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BPS - Work Session 4/1/26

Buffalo City School District Board of Education · April 2, 2026

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Finance briefing and Q&A (central office staffing, school-closure process, special education funding)

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18:20 → 28:24(10m 5s)

Chief Barnes presented the finance update: clarified central office staffing is 50 positions (not 45), said the superintendent and cabinet will handle school-closure planning in-house rather than restarting the volunteer closure committee, and reviewed special-education funding streams including private high-cost tuition reimbursement (about 80% returned the following year) and Medicaid/revenue-maximization increases (from historically $4 million to about $4.9–5 million). Board members asked about consultant costs, timing for closure proposals (target fall/October–December for board review) ,

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Workshop and presentations covering finance and special education reimbursements, I Ready math diagnostics, a proposal for a Progressive Pathways Academy, and a governance coaching session that flagged low board time spent on student-outcome monitoring.

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