Buffalo Public Schools open Thursday, but some angry parents blasted Schools Superintendent Pamela Brown for promises of future improvements.
"That's an executive decision that my wife and I have to make. They will probably go to some school and protest. We'll see," said the parent of five who would only identify himself as Mr. Fields.
He isn't sure he wants his kids going to the schools they were listed as going to because they are on the district's long list of failing schools..
The District Parent Coordinating Council held a protest Wednesday and plans to hold one each Wednesday to attack the district's failure to meet federal and state laws requiring that any student who wants out of a bad school and into a good school should get that transfer.
Buffalo doesn't have enough good schools to accept the more than 2,000 transfer applications.
"Bennett is full of gangs. You can't deny that. Bennett has more gangs than any city should have to deal with in the school," said parent Desiree Radford.
"You subject these children to go to this high school in fear, every, every day. But, you're telling them they have to go to school and the school's making progress. How much progress are they making in a school full of gangs where they fear to go every day."
Brown invited the parents to meet with her instead of protesting outside her office.
Late last week the State Education Department rejected the district's transfer plan saying it would take too long. The district says it will create four-new schools for next year to provide more seats for students seeking a good school.
Details have to be worked out once a transfer plan is approved. Three proposals have been rejected.
