Mar 1
2022
Superintendent about to Cash out?
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Signs are pointing to Kriner Cash’s resignation or removal, as soon as today, as superintendent of Buffalo schools.
Multiple sources told Investigative Post that Cash was out of the district last week, when schools were on break, and has not returned to Buffalo this week.
It’s not unusual for Cash to spend time away, as Investigative Post reported last August. What is unusual, however, is that the district is still reeling from the shooting of a security guard and the stabbing of a student at McKinley High School on Feb. 9. The school began phasing in classroom instruction Tuesday amid concerns across the district about the safety of students and faculty.
Community members called for Cash’s termination at a board meeting on Feb. 16. Cash said he’d leave “easily” if given the opportunity.
“I’m here to serve,” he said. “I’ve got a proven record, 45 years, long before I even came here. And the day that you want me gone it’s an easy decision. Board gets in a room, and they get the votes, and then we work something out.”
The day after that board meeting, the Buffalo Teachers Federation filed a vote of no confidence in Cash over the security issues.
Perhaps not coincidentally, the Board of Education has scheduled a special meeting for 5 p.m. today. One source told Investigative Post an unspecified personnel matter will be up for discussion in executive session.
At Large Board Member Larry Scott declined to discuss the agenda Tuesday, but did tell Investigative Post: “The public will have a clear indication as to what’s happening come tomorrow’s meeting.”
Cash arrived in Buffalo in 2015 after accepting a buyout from his position as superintendent of Memphis City Schools in 2013. He currently earns $311,137.
