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Article: Kapsiak wins School Board presidency: 5-4 votes sweep new majority into power in city, capturing three leadership positions.
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- The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY)
- Article date:
- July 3, 2007
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Byline: Peter Simon
Jul. 3--Four newly elected members and a maverick holdover swept to power Monday on the Buffalo Board of Education, capturing all three leadership positions and forming a new majority that vowed to adopt a more critical attitude toward Superintendent James A. Williams.
"With respect to the superintendent, we're going to operate more as a board where he works for us rather than us working for him," said Catherine Nugent Panepinto, part of the new board majority. "We want to have a fresh start -- new voices from the community."
With stunning quickness, the board leadership took on an entirely new look.
Mary Ruth ...