{"id":5973,"date":"2026-07-14T17:37:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T17:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=5973"},"modified":"2026-07-14T17:37:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T17:37:04","slug":"former-durham-superintendent-who-left-amid-2024-staff-pay-disputes-resigns-as-head-of-buffalo-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=5973","title":{"rendered":"Former Durham superintendent, who left amid 2024 staff pay disputes, resigns as head of Buffalo schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB\/WNCN) \u2014 Former Durham Public Schools Superintendent Pascal Mubenga has resigned from his role leading Buffalo Public Schools less than a year after taking the job, the New York school district announced Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=5971\">Britain\u2019s Hillsborough Law aims to stop official cover-ups after tragedies<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Buffalo Board of Education voted during a special session to accept Mubenga\u2019s immediate resignation. The board also appointed Chief Accountability and Information Officer Dr. Ebony Prophet-Bullock as interim superintendent, effective July 14.<\/p>\n<p>No reason for Mubenga\u2019s resignation was immediately provided.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI simply don\u2019t know what prompted Superintendent Mubenga\u2019s resignation,\u201d Buffalo Teachers Federation President Richard Nigro said. \u201cI do know, however, that if you want to have any hope of success, and if you want to have any hope of moving forward, improving things, improving scores and everything else, you have to have consistency, routines and expectations from top to bottom. We\u2019re seeing not a regular turnover, but kind of an all-at-once turnover in some key positions. Well, that certainly disrupts that consistency, that routine. It complicates things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Board member Stephon M. Wright thanked Mubenga for his service in a statement released after the announcement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough his tenure was relatively brief, it was a pleasure working alongside him, and I appreciate the professionalism and commitment he brought to the role,\u201d Wright said.<\/p>\n<p>Mubenga became superintendent of Buffalo Public Schools in August 2025 after the retirement of Dr. Tonja Williams-Knights. He signed a four-year contract worth $285,000 annually.<\/p>\n<p>Before moving to New York, Mubenga served as superintendent of Durham Public Schools from 2017 until his resignation in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=5969\">Baseball union head criticizes MLB salary cap ad campaign, says claims of economic woe are perverse<\/a><\/p>\n<p>His departure from Durham came after the district faced widespread criticism over payroll errors that left hundreds of employees underpaid. 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