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A   A   A  Ogilvie Appointed Interim Superintendent of Buffalo
Schools  Buffalo, NY (WBEN) - The Buffalo School Board voted Don
Ogilvie as new Interim Superintendent.  However, like most
things in the district, the appointment was not without
contention.  "You're starting off with a minus," Board member
Barbara Seals-Nevergold told Ogilvie before the vote. Nevergold,
Sharon Belton-Cottman, Theresa Harris-Tigg, and Mary Ruth
Kapsiak make up the Board's minority, all four women complained
that their voice was not heard in the process of selecting
Ogilvie.  "You feel that because you have made some connections,
and certain people have been bought inside of our community,
that it's OK to disrespect the women of this board... The four
women that I'm talking about," Cottman said.  The four board
members all abstained from voting for or against Ogilvie.  "One
of the first things that I need to do is to bring the
temperature down," Ogilvie said after bein