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Buffalo School Board members drop their Arizona conference trip after backlash

The Daily Buffalo teamFrom today’s edition · 1 min read · 3 sources

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Three Buffalo School Board members are skipping a vendor conference in Arizona after questions about travel spending while the district considers closing schools. Board President Kathy Evans-Brown announced Thursday that no board members will attend. She, Stephon Wright and Lewis “Muki” Hawkins had planned to go, and the special meeting set for Friday on the trip was canceled.

$3,500saved by keeping board members home, from about $15,000 in total cost

Other district employees will still go to the conference this weekend.

Source: WIVB News 4

Board member Larry Scott had called the trip “shameful”, noting the district has a multi-million dollar contract with the vendor, . “I believe that we need to set the example of being responsible with how we’re spending our money,” Scott said.

  • Where: Woz Ed conference, Scottsdale, Arizona, starting Saturday
  • Still going: district staff who run Woz Ed in classrooms
  • School closure vote: no date set yet

The trip was dropped two days before the conference

  1. Nov. 5Board President Evans-Brown announces no board members will attend.
  2. Nov. 6Special meeting on the trip resolution, set for Friday, was canceled.
  3. Nov. 7 conference starts in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Sources: WIVB News 4, WBEN

Sources: WIVB News 4, WBEN, WKBW

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