Good Evening Families and Staff,

Thank you for your patience considering school and work for the Buffalo Public Schools. Out of an abundance of caution and concern, due to reported and anticipated snow accumulation overnight and extreme wind chill factors for tomorrow morning, along with the New York State Governor declaring a Disaster Emergency for Erie County, the Buffalo Public Schools will be closed on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, with no remote instruction.

All students and staff are to stay home and stay safe.

High School Regents exams scheduled for Tuesday will be rescheduled because of the state of emergency order issued by New York State. The district will submit a request to the New York State Education Department to recover any snow days used during the emergency order.

Extreme wind chill weather challenges are expected to continue on Wednesday. Although a final decision for Wednesday has not been determined, it is possible that it will be a day of remote instruction, which will require high school students needing to report for Regents exams. In that circumstance, all staff will be expected to report to their worksites.

Parents, please plan for this and plan, if at all possible, to:

Drive them to and from their exams.

Ensure they're dressed in layers with proper outside winter gear.

Check NFTA schedules to delay bus wait time.

Thank you.

BUFFALO

Superintendent