Cheektowaga-Sloan Union Free School District

What Cheektowaga-Sloan Union Free School District does

Cheektowaga-Sloan Union Free School District is a public K-12 school district organized under New York State Education Law, serving resident students from Pre-K through Grade 12 in the Sloan and Cheektowaga communities of Western New York. The district operates four schools — John F. Kennedy High School (Grades 9-12), John F. Kennedy Middle School (Grades 6-8), Woodrow Wilson Elementary School (Grades 3-5), and Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School (Pre-K through Grade 2) — supplemented by a Full Day Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK) Program launching for the 2026-2027 school year. Cross-cutting departments including Special Education and Student Services, Athletics, Food Service, Transportation, Instructional Technology, Family Solutions Center, and the Academic Learning Center extend the offering beyond classroom instruction into social-emotional, nutritional, and family-support services aligned with a "Whole Child" mission. The district reports 101-250 employees across approximately 331,550 sq ft of building space on 61.78 acres of grounds.

The district's technology footprint is modest and outsourced: a Finalsite-powered district and campus website platform, Google Translate integration for non-English-speaking families, and the eSchoolData Parent, Student, and Staff portals hosted by WNYRIC (Western New York Regional Information Center) for student information, grade reporting, and registration workflows. The district maintains a Cybersecurity Incident Response Plan, Pandemic Response Plan, and a District-Wide School Safety Plan, and operates under FERPA, COPPA, NY Education Law §2-d (8 NYCRR Part 121), Title IX, IDEA, DASA, AHERA, USDA civil rights requirements, and a Medicaid Compliance Policy overseen by the Director of Special Education.

The district's operating revenue is derived from a community-approved annual tax-funded budget (e.g., 2026-2027 budget approved by the community), composed primarily of New York State aid and local property taxes, supplemented by federal program reimbursements through the USDA National School Breakfast and Lunch Program and Title I. There is no commercial pricing or tuition — public education is tuition-free for district residents. Governance rests with an elected Board of Education; day-to-day leadership is held by Superintendent Mrs. Andrea L. Galenski, Assistant Superintendent Janelle Finn, School Business Official Wayne Drescher, Director of Special Education and Student Services Jessica Emmerling, and District Data Coordinator Brian Zybala.

Name

Cheektowaga-Sloan Union Free School District

Legal name

Cheektowaga-Sloan Union Free School District

Website

https://cheektowagasloan.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1890

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Cheektowaga-Sloan Union Free School District is a public K-12 school district under New York State Education Law, serving Pre-K through Grade 12 students across four schools in Sloan and Cheektowaga, NY, funded by state aid, local property taxes, and federal program reimbursements.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Public Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110), Educational Services (611), Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Child Day Care Services (8351)

akta.pro primary industry

Public School Districts (K–12) (EDADABAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public K–12 Combined Schools (EDAJAAAE), Public High Schools (EDAJAAAD), Public Middle Schools (EDAJAAAC), Public Elementary Schools (EDAJAAAB)

Keywords

• Public K-12 education
• Primary education services
• Secondary education services
• Special education services
• Child nutrition programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Sloan

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Public school district tax-funded budget: Operating revenue is derived from an annual community-approved district budget (e.g., 2026-2027 budget approved via district budget vote), funded primarily by New York State aid and local property taxes. The district participates in federal programs such as the National School Breakfast and Lunch Program and Title I.
2. Federal Child Nutrition Program reimbursements: Reimbursements and program funding through USDA National School Breakfast/Lunch Program, with civil-rights compliance aligned to federal nondiscrimination requirements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Core offering

Cheektowaga-Sloan Union Free School District operates a public K-12 school district delivering tuition-free education to district residents across four schools spanning Pre-K through Grade 12: John F. Kennedy High School, John F. Kennedy Middle School, Woodrow Wilson Elementary School, and Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School. The district complements classroom instruction with cross-cutting departments including Special Education & Student Services, Athletics, Food Service/Child Nutrition, Transportation, Instructional Technology/eSchool Portals, Family Solutions Center, and an Academic Learning Center. It also operates a Full Day Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK) Program introduced for the 2026-2027 school year.

Product overview

Cheektowaga-Sloan Union Free School District operates a single unified K-12 public school district organized as four school campuses plus district-wide departments and programs rather than a software product portfolio. The four named schools — John F. Kennedy High School (Grades 9-12), John F. Kennedy Middle School (Grades 6-8), Woodrow Wilson Elementary School (Grades 3-5), and Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School (Grades Pre K-2) — together form the core instructional offering, supported by the Full Day Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK) Program at the elementary level. Cross-cutting departments extend the offering beyond classroom instruction, including the Office of Special Education and Student Services, Athletics Department, Food Service / Child Nutrition Program, Transportation Department, Instructional Technology / eSchool Portals, Family Solutions Center, and Academic Learning Center (ALC). Together these schools and departments deliver the district's "Whole Child" educational mission, covering academics, social-emotional growth, athletics, nutrition, transportation, and technology-enabled parent/student access.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• John F. Kennedy High School

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature4 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Erie 1 BOCES: Regional BOCES service cooperative that provides shared back-office, technology (including the eSchoolData/WNYRIC hosting used by Cheektowaga-Sloan), and special education services to multiple Western New York districts.
• Finalsite: Provider of the district/campus CMS and website platform that hosts Cheektowaga-Sloan's web presence, representing a vendor-side peer in the K-12 communications and digital infrastructure stack.
• Frontline Education: Vendor of K-12 administrative and student information software widely used by school districts; relevant as a technology peer supplying SIS, HR, and student records platforms comparable to the eSchoolData tooling deployed here.

Direct peers

• Depew Union Free School District: Small Western New York public school district of comparable enrollment scale operating Pre-K through Grade 12 schools under identical NY State education law and funding mechanisms.
• Amherst Central School District: Western New York suburban public K-12 district with similar grade-band configuration and tax/state-aid funding model serving communities adjacent to Cheektowaga.
• Cleveland Hill Union Free School District: Nearby Cheektowaga-area public K-12 district of similar size with multiple schools and shared regional BOCES services, directly comparable in mission and operating model.
• West Seneca Central School District: Adjacent Erie County public K-12 district of similar size operating multiple elementary, middle, and high schools under New York State education law, directly comparable in governance, funding model, and student services.
• Lancaster Central School District: Suburban Buffalo-area public K-12 district with comparable student population scale, multiple campuses, and the same New York State aid and property tax funding structure.
• Kenmore-Tonawanda Union Free School District: Neighboring Western New York public K-12 school district of comparable scale serving the Kenmore-Tonawanda area with multiple schools spanning Pre-K through Grade 12 under the same NY State education law framework.

Broad incumbents

• Buffalo Public Schools: Large urban public school district headquartered in Buffalo that operates under the same NY State education law but at substantially greater scale, providing a benchmark for larger system dynamics.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/csufsd

Compliance14 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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