WBFO Education Reporting

The State University of New York system has a new permanent chancellor — its former state education commissioner, John King.

Tim Uhl is finishing his first academic year as schools superintendent for the Buffalo Catholic Diocese. All he's had deal with was a culture change, bankruptcy, a pandemic and a mass shooting.

Fatima Morrell, associate superintendent of culturally and linguistically responsive initiatives, has been selected out of hundreds of applications across the U.S. as one of TIME magazine's 10 "Innovative Teachers of the Year."

Schools Superintendent Brian Russ said the district will take a "harden the exterior and soften the interior" approach to the remaining month of school.

The Erie County Department of Health on Wednesday announced more than 10,000 air filtration units have been ordered for every K-12 public and charter classroom in the county.

Buffalo Public Schools said the Olmsted School #156 on Suffolk Street went into lockdown and then a shelter in place at approximately 10:55 a.m. Tuesday when a student reported witnessing what appeared to be a gun in the possession of another student on school grounds.

The scholarship, in combination with other aid programs, allows eligible full-time students to attend a SUNY or CUNY two-year or four-year college tuition free.

Two mass shootings have forced Buffalo Public Schools to tighten controls on visitors.

Buffalo Public Schools announced Wednesday on Facebook that all visitors to district schools must call ahead and get prior approval before they will be allowed into any school.

"We Are Women Warriors" is a community empowerment group founded out of violence. The group is now taking on the issue of school violence in the City of Buffalo, with a year-long series of monthly forums to promote a candid introspection and do-able solutions.