Imagine after only five years of school, your dad tells you that you have to quit in order to stay home and help your mom with chores and your two younger sisters. In just five years of school, you achieved the equivalent of an 8th grade education, but you would live on to be 98 years old and always regret never having earned that high school diploma.

Buffalo High School Assistant Principal Matt Lubben transferred to the open assistant principal position at Buffalo Community Middle School (BCMS). That position was made vacant by Shane Thielke who was set to move, as a part of budget reductions, from his position as Parkside Elementary Principal. Over the summer Thielke accepted another opportunity outside the district. 

Students at Buffalo High School (BHS) outperformed the Minnesota average on graduation tests that were administered this spring. BHS sophomores (83 percent) met the state's reading requirement on their first attempt by earning a proficient score on MCA-II (Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments) or by earning a passing score on the GRAD (Graduation-Required Assessments for Diploma).