Good behavior is required.
So is entering school through a metal detector. Since it opened on Nov. 15, the V.I.S.A. Center for Children Suspended from School for Violence has served the needs of roughly 200 students from the Buffalo Public Schools. The program, which serves up to 30 youths at a time, is for students in grades 7-10, although older students may participate with permission. Hundreds of Buffalo public schoolchildren are suspended from school each year for violence, threats of violence, weapons possession or other disruptive actions. Prior to the opening of the V.I.S.A. Center, suspended students sat at home.