Well, 632 now on Daybreak and the day
has arrived as thousands of Western New
York kids will be bagging up lunches,
getting on the bus and headed off to that
first day of school districts like Kenton,
Lockport and Orchard Park.
Good morning, Rise and
shine. Get ready to go.
And among the districts
starting today, a big one.
Williamsville schools.
Yeah, it's the largest suburban
district in Western New York,
and it's ready for another year.
And that's where we find day br.
Lauren Hall live this morning
outside of Williamsville South
High School. Good morning, Laur.
Good morning, Melissa.
Good morning, Pete.
Yes, the sun is rising on
another school year here in the
Williamsville Central School District.
We are waking up like the Billys
today outside of Williamsville h
and we're joined right now by te
Superintendent of the district,.
Darren Brown Hall.
And you put a message out to the
students in the last week or so really
driving home something that we e
to have to talk about every yea.
But bullying is still something
that's a concern.
It is. And more so online stude.
You know, unfortunately there is
online bullying that takes plac.
But we, we really want to focus
on our battle on bullying.
And so it was a message to all students,
but specifically to our 4th gra,
our 8th graders and our 12th grs
because they are the more senior
students and all of our buildin.
And we know that the younger
students look at them.
So we want them to model the
proper behavior for all students
in the school building and be te
perfect example of the upstande.
So our younger students can see,
OK, when I become a fourth grad,
8th grader, a 12th grader,
that's what will be expected of.
So that's why we're going to stt
our battle on bullying this yea.
Absolutely.
Watch that video on the
Williamsville Central School website.
Right now you're also saying
welcome to lots of new teachers.
Last year, new teachers and partnership
with our Williamsville Teachers Association,
we negotiated a retirement incee
that took place last year.
So we had sixty teachers
take advantage of that.
And now we really, truly hate te
all of our more experienced senr
teachers leave the profession.
Many of them will be coming
back as substitute teachers,
but we're able to welcome over 60 new
teachers to our school district with an
addition of assistant principal.
We have a new assistant principl
here at South High School,
a new assistant principal at Mil
Middle School and a new assistat
principal at High Middle School.
So we're always excited to get w
educators into the Williamsville
Central School District and just being
a part of the Williamsville fam.
So we're excited about that to
start our new year.
Is that the most new teachers ye
ever had to start a new year?
Well, I'm starting my third yea.
So in in my 3 years time,
that is the most we've had to s.
And so we're just really excited to get
some fresh ideas in the classrooms are
more experienced teachers have h
ideas every year and we have a host of
professional learning opportuni.
So our teachers stay fresh and
we're really excited about that.
Our parents say that's one of te
number one things they love abot
our district is our teachers and
their commitment to our student.
And the district is growing
and the schools are going to
be growing because of that.
To the buildings themselves,
absolutely. So what we're looking at,
well, this year, we're looking o
actually have 4 mobile classrooms added
to Maple W because we are burstg
at some of our school buildings.
But it's a great problem to hav.
So we're excited about new
families moving into the distrit
and increasing our enrollment.
We're very excited about that
director, Darren Brown,
House Superintendent of
Williamsville Central Schools.
With our last few moments here,
what message would you like
to send to the families,
students and teachers who are
packing up and headed out the
door to come to school today?
Absolutely.
As early as it is this morning,
we see teachers already
entering the building.
It shows how excited we are
to have our students return.
And just to start a new we're al
refreshed and excited to welcome
new students to our district and
all of our returning students.
We're very excited about that.
Do you have any back to school
rituals or anything you do specl
on this day or last night?
You know, no back to school rit.
I get up early anyway to be at the gym,
but I'm excited that I get to sd
the morning touring our schools,
seeing all of our students retug
a different kind of workout this morning.
I'll get my steps in for sure.
Thank you so much for waking up
with us being part of Daybreak s
we send you back to school toda.
I'm Lauren Hall reporting outsie
of Williamsville South High Sch.
Melissa and Pete, we'll send it back to
you. Fun fact, Dr.
Brown Hall, my 10th grade math
teacher at Sweet Home High Scho.
So, so happy to see him as
Superintendent Williamsville.
Lauren, Tom, I said.
Wish him best of luck.