School

This will make your skin crawl! There is a growing concern in the Syracuse area schools about the recent discovery of bed bugs in as many as five schools!

The Lockport School District has confirmed and announced that one student has a case viral meningitis. The school states that this is NOT contagious, but the Open House at Charles Upson Elementary School will be rescheduled.

It's time to unplug. That's the message one Washington, D.C. principal has for her students.

Over 250 closings today! A week after nearly 60 degree temps we are telling you school closings today--only in Buffalo! As of March 14, all Erie County officials will still report to work. A Winter Storm Warning is in effect through Wednesday at 8 PM, where WNY is expected to total about a foot of snow over a few days...

On Tuesday, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed that New York give free college to students. To qualify, the household must make less than $125,000 per year and the State will pay for students' education at state SUNY schools and universities...

People around the country are outraged after watching a video of what should have been one of the best memories of a young boy's life.  The little boy is mildly autistic and was the turkey in the thanksgiving play.  It was his chance to say, "gobble, gobble, gobble" when his teacher shocked everyone.

Parents: what's the best parenting hack you have to save time? Would you ever do this to your kids? One mother on Facebook is getting criticized for actually dressing her kids in their school clothes the night before and putting them to bed...

As kids head back to school this week it made me think about my very first day in school.  For some reason my first day of kindergarten is very clear to me.  I can remember the anticipation and for a little kid, even the anxiety.  I can remember looking out the front window of the school bus and seeing the school for the first time and remember other kids on the bus yelling out "there's the s

Clay stretched some previously unused hairstyling skills for a member of the Hanson family on the first day of school in Western New York on Tuesday morning. How did it go? Well, it went...okay....lol! It's safe to say he had NO IDEA what he was doing when he started, but he started to figure it out...

Clay, Dale and Liz had a different routine this morning as they decided to help the Hanson family in Orchard Park head off to school. With two twin six-year-old sisters and an older nine-year-old brother, there was a lot of activity this morning, and it was all hands on deck...

Clay, Dale and Liz get ready for the first day of school in Buffalo, NY, with the Hanson family in Orchard Park and share memories of their first days of school and how their families handled the day. What do you think? Were Clay, Dale and Liz excited for their first day of school when they were kids? Did...

For a lot of Western New York, today marks the first day of school! We know that you are taking pictures as your kids head out the door and get on the bus, and we want to see them! Share a photo of your kids heading off to school with WYRK by commenting on the WYRK Back to School Facebook post below or tweeting a photo @1065WYRK, and you will be entered to win a family four-pack of tickets to Fant