Buffalo school families reminded to care for remote devices âIt is their life line to learning" WKBW and last updated 2021-02-24 22:12:03-05 âThe district has absorbed a cost â a cost of well over half a million dollars,â declared Myra Burden, chief technology officer, Buffalo Public School District. Eileen Buckley Myra Burden, chief technology officer, Buffalo Public School District, in Zoom interview. The Buffalo School District is issuing a warning to school families about damaged devices being used in remote learning. A majority of city school students are still at home for learning during the pandemic. Hundreds of laptops and iPads have been destroyed.