When reflecting on our Amherst community, the biggest thing that sticks out to me is the continual rise of refugee, immigrant, and asylum-seeking families moving into our community. Buffalo has taken in large waves of refugee and asylum seekers, and now that these families are established, they are moving into the suburbs. This is called second migration. In the past several years, Amherst has experienced large amounts of multilingual and multicultural families moving into our community. Specifically, the North End. This has greatly impacted our school community--more multilingual learners, more languages, more diversity. This diversity makes us stronger! Because of these changes, we have implemented a more diverse curriculum, looked at our hiring practices, and even created and implemented a DEI committee and sub-committees.
