The Buffalo News, Tuesday, January 20, 2004
www. buffalo.com [Charter] Boarding school proposed [For Foster Children] By PETER SIMON News Staff Reporter 1/17/2004 A former Board of Education member and a local architect are mapping plans for the Buffalo school district's first boarding school - a charter school that would provide housing and around-the-clock support for foster children and their families. The school itself would be open from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. and offer near by townhouse accommodations for low-income foster families in the city's Broadway-Fillmore section. "We believe there are pro b a b ly 3,000 to 4,000 children in Buffalo who are in need of this kind of service ," said Marlies Wesolowski, a school organizer and executive director of the Lt. Col. Matt Urban Human Services Center, 1081 Broadway. "This is just preliminary right now, and a lot of things have to fall into place, but every body we're speaking to seems to be excited about the concept." Wesolowski, a former East District Board of Education member, said organizers hope to seek a charter directly from the board and to have the school in operation within about two years. It likely would open with an enrollment of 100 to 150 pupils in pre kindergarten through eighth grade. Architect David Stieglitz is also involved in the planning. Buffalo School Superintendent Marion Canedo said | |
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