HTN: Education News

The Amherst Town Board passed a resolution Monday night directing the town's three school districts to reach out to the State Education Commissioner and request action on a merger. The resolution was the idea of outgoing Amherst Supervisor Dr. Satish Mohan, who has proposed that one day Erie County will operate with only one school district.

The former Brighton Elementary School in the Town of Tonawanda could meet the wrecking ball soon. Erie County Industrial Development Agency directors unanimously Monday morning to approve an incentive package for Clover Management to raze the closed school. In its place will be a three-story senior apartment complex. Brighton has been closed since the 1980s and the building is leased to other groups.