Dear District Parent Coordinating Council of Buffalo:
As leaders and members of Western New York’s charter school community, the undersigned support and understand your demand for quality schools for Buffalo’s children. We stand by your mission to always put children first. We are encouraged by your resolve to bring every interest group to the table to collaborate, as long as the interests of children are first. We stand behind you; we stand next to you; we stand with you, as you seek to strengthen our community by prioritizing quality education.
We appreciate the enormity of the task you are undertaking: to establish and maintain quality schools for our children. The intention of charters was to allow sufficient flexibility to try new models and school structures to motivate improved school practices. Certainly there is room in our city for all quality educational options, not competing, but together sharing the lessons of our best practices and our struggles in the interests of children.
Many of us have been parents or staff members of the traditional Buffalo Public School system. Many of the families we serve have children who also attend BPS schools now. Some of us are former members of the DPCC. Some of us were part of improvement efforts in years past that led to frustration that in fact motivated our community-grown charter work. Those of us in the charter school community are fellow advocates for children.
We support your urgency to establish great schools in Buffalo. Responsible adults must have the will to work hard cooperatively and to make changes. The answers are not simple, but there is reason to have hope. No single issue could be more important for the future of Buffalo.
In support,
Tapestry Charter School
Elmwood Village Charter School
COMMUNITY Charter School
South Buffalo Charter School
Enterprise Charter School
Charter School for Applied Technologies
Oracle Charter School
Global Concepts Charter School
King Center Charter School
Buffalo Academy of Sciences Charter Schools
WNY Maritime Charter School
Niagara Charter School