Having failed at every attempt to take over the City Council, Mayor Brown and his buddies Galisano (Buffalo News 4/26/09) and the Buffalo Niagara Partnership are focusing on a more lucrative target, the Buffalo School District. (Total Revenue $711,888,000 or $18,393 per student)

Artvoice / Buck Quigley is writing a most interesting series of articles on the (attempted?) take over of the Buffalo School District. The most depressing part of all this - all the money and effort being spent in an attempt to maintain the dismal status quo.

* 27.9% passed 8th grade English proficiency test in 2008
* 33.8% passed 8th grade Math proficiency test in 2008
* Graduation rate - 43.7% in 2005

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http://buffalowatch.blogspot.com/200...versus-us.html