One week into the school year at McKinley High School, a student threatened a teacher, grabbing her so hard that he left bruises on her arm.
More examples of violence involving Buffalo Public Schools have come to light following the stabbing and shooting at McKinley High School on Feb. 9.
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Security guards and administrators will be strategically placed, and Peacemakers will be stationed at the front corners of the building, helping students with safe passage, said McKinley Principal Moustafa Khalil.
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Crime scene tape and a Buffalo Police cruiser mark the perimeter around the response to a stabbing of a student and shooting of a school security guard at McKinley High School in February.
Derek Gee / Buffalo News
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Buffalo Public Schools Superintendent Tonja Williams announced plans to partner with a security company after the district came under fire for what some see as inadequate safety measures at some district schools.
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Parents were left to stand outside well after nightfall waiting for their children who were being released one by one.
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Burgard High School.
By Derek Gee/Buffalo News file photo
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A Burgard High School student was arrested Thursday for bringing a BB gun to school. The arrest came a day after the State Comptroller’s Office released an audit stating that Burgard could have been labeled a “persistently dangerous” school if it hadn’t improperly reported its incidents of school violence in 2011-12. “During daily rounds, a student was discovered to
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Police have not released a name or a description of the suspect.
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Buffalo Police said late Thursday that they had a 17-year-old male in custody in connection with an incident that occurred a day prior at McKinley High School in which a 14-year-old boy was stabbed and a security guard was shot.
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