Buffalo City School District work session, Sep 9, 2026
2 h 04 min · 0 public speakers
This board doesn’t post agenda times. Click a board member to jump to where they first speak; we list only members whose voice our check named. Video length 2 h 04 min.
- Who spoke · first speaks at
- Janita EverhartBoard Vice President of Executive Affairs
What happened
What happened at this meeting
District to stop mailing report cards, move them to online parent portal 1:42
- The board heard presentations on report card mailings, multilingual education and family and community engagement at its work session. 1:31
- A district staff member said the district would not mail report cards this school year and would make them available through the Parent Portal in Infinite Campus. 4:38
- Board members asked about access for families without reliable internet, translation in the portal and parent access to school buildings. 20:16
Until Nov 4, lines where a board member takes a side don't name the member. Why →
Item by item (5)
- Opening of work session 0:03
- Ending report card mailings 1:42
- A district staff member said the district pays a vendor just under $27,000 a year to mail report cards, and that report cards would be available online on November 24th, February 9th, May 4th and June 30th. 4:38
- Adrianna K. Zullich asked how the district arrived at the decision, and a staff member said a little less than 10% of families use the Parent Portal and at least half of mailed report cards come back as undeliverable. 12:02
- Lewis D. Hawkins asked about accommodations for families without internet or devices, and a staff member said schools can print a paper copy for parents who request one. 21:12
- Multilingual education services 25:49
- A staff member said 5,472 current students are identified as ELs or multilingual learners, about 19% of the student body, and that over 100 languages are spoken in the district. 26:51
- A staff member said the division wants to expand TalkingPoints to all families and that the item would come to the board, at an added cost of about $88,000. 39:07
- Lewis D. Hawkins asked about translators and certified bilingual teachers, and a staff member said the district recently was able to staff all bilingual classrooms. 45:44
- Family and community engagement overview 52:55
- A staff member said the district has 4 Family Resource Centers, that 53% of participants attend at the Lafayette location and that the district has over $108,000 in contracts with vendors this year. 1:07:55
- One board member said the board would vote on a revision of the parent and family engagement policy at the next meeting and hoped criteria for recognized parent groups would be clarified. 1:46:37
- Closing remarks 2:02:02
- The superintendent said the board would meet the next week for the full business meeting. 2:03:44
Written by software from the meeting's transcript and checked sentence by sentence against it.
Other meetings
Other meetings of this board
Video: posted by the district as “BPS - Work Session 9/9/2026”