By Aaron Garland and Brandon Schlager
BengalNews Reporters
The
West Buffalo Charter School, located on 113 Lafayette Ave., is planning to accommodate more students with an
expansion to a third grade starting next school year as well as a fourth grade
in 2014.
To accommodate the new grade levels, the
fourth floor of the building has been cleared to
begin construction on the classrooms that will be used.
The school is looking
for educators to teach the third grade classes consisting of 18 selected
students.
According to school leader Andrea Todoro,
several teaching assistants who have taught at the school this year will be
interviewed for the positions. Candidates from outside the school will also be
considered for positions upon qualification.
The school began reviewing
applications, including those for the third grade, for the upcoming year.
“Room is still available for additional
applicants,” Todoro said.
The school, which opened August 2012,
taught kindergarten through second grade during its first year.
“The first year has been
wonderful,”Todoro said. “We have built solid relationships as a
staff with students and their parents,
too. We are seeing academic growth in each student, as well.”
West Buffalo Charter uses an
extended school year, with classes to begin in August. The school will fulfill
its educational program with a fourth grade curriculum to be added in 2014.
