At WBCS, we will create opportunities for faculty, staff, and students to grow, learn and thrive with support. By providing equitable opportunities in an inclusive environment, we will remove barriers, bridge gaps, and honor unique perspectives to allow students to develop their most authentic self. With a safe, accepting environment, students, faculty and staff will be pushed to their greatest potential and provided opportunities to learn about and acknowledge other complex identities. It is with courage, kindness, and acceptance that we educate and prepare our students for an ever-changing and increasingly diverse world. Together, we will empower our students to contribute to society in a respectful, empathetic way, building to better create a supportive community and a better world.

​WBCS DASA Coordinator: Mrs. Amanda Nowak

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Sexual Harassment (Title IX)

West Buffalo Charter School recognizes the responsibility to provide an environment for students and staff that is free of sexual harassment and intimidation. The school’s policies on sexual harassment will be shared within the Student-Parent Handbook and the Employee Handbook.  Both are available upon request to all employees and students. A school-wide effort to explain to students what sexual harassment is and what behavior is unacceptable has been integrated into the curriculum in accordance with State and Federal Laws. 

New York State has established a free and confidential telephone hotline that employees can use to report incidents of sexual harassment to the New York State Division of Human Rights.  The hotline number is 1-800-HARASS-3 (or 1-800-427-2773), and the hotline will be staffed by pro bono attorneys who have expertise in providing legal advice regarding employment law and sexual harassment issues.  The hotline can be called Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.  Staff and students may also contact the school’s Title IX Coordinator, the School Leader, at (716) 923-1534.