Buffalo Public Schools to begin pilot program for halal meals at eight schools in September
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401770 04: First-grader Kaitlyn McGarry uses the fingerprint scanner to pay for lunch at Penn Cambria Pre-Primary School March 1, 2002 in Cresson, Pa. Penn Cambria is one of three school districts utilizing a biometric program from Food Service Solutions, in Altoona, PA that enables students to buy their lunch with their scanned fingerprints. (Photo by William Thomas Cain/Getty Images)
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Buffalo Muslim Community Services push for halal foods in Buffalo Public Schools
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) â Buffalo Public Schools provide around 28,000 school lunches every day. But meals like hot dogs, hamburgers, and sometimes even chicken, are not suitable for all Muslim students.
So, Atiqur Rahman sent a letter to Common Council members Mitch Nowakowski and Bryan Bollman encouraging them to bring halal foods into buffalo public schools
âThe letter was addressed to council member Bollman and myself because we have a large Muslim population in our districts, Nowakowski said. We were able to, after reading this letter, understand the importance and significance of halal lunch options.â
For years, many of Buffalo’s iconic buildings have been demolished, some for major new structures and some for parking lots. Now the Common Council has changed the rules for those demolitions.
With major city developments in recent years, there have been some real battles between developers and preservationists over projects. That’s particularly true in the Elmwood Village, where preservationists have battled to save buildings and struggled with restrictive time limits on blocking demolitions.
Council Majority Leader David Rivera said a battle over a home on West Utica demolished for the Elmwood Crossing project led to the new rules.