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Perdido Street School: NYSED Commissioner John King Carries Out A Vendetta Against Buffalo Schools

Perdido Street School: NYSED Commissioner John King Carries Out A Vendetta Against Buffalo Schools:

NYSED Commissioner John King Carries Out A Vendetta Against Buffalo Schools



NYSED Commissioner/rookie teacher John King has told the Buffalo school district that they must allow students from two turnaround high schools to attend classes outside of the district because  "the district is simply incapable of providing a quality program there.”

The schools in question are Lafayette and East high schools.

Both schools are undergoing turnaround reforms and serve high needs populations.  Buffalo News reports that Lafayette "provides instruction to a student population that is 70 percent immigrant and refugee."

King is threatening to pull the plug on turnaround funding and revoke "the registrations of these schools and effectively shut them down" unless the district agrees to allow for students to take