BPS superintendent touts increased literacy rates, addresses safety in State of the Schools address

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Buffalo Public Schools superintendent Dr. Tonja Williams Knight touted an increased math and literacy rate among economically disadvantaged students, defended high schoolers and introduced more security measures at sporting events in her annual State of the Schools address on Wednesday.

Williams Knight said in her address that the district's most economically disadvantaged third graders saw a reading proficiency increase of 7%, from 33% to 40%, in this past school year.