FAQ: Answers to questions about the Upstate school rankings

Business First is a business newspaper. Why do you rate schools? Three good reasons. A large number of our readers are employers, even more are parents, and all of them are taxpayers. They have a big stake in Upstate New York’s schools. How long have you been doing this? We’ve been publishing our ratings of schools in Western New York (Buffalo-Niagara Falls Area) since 1992. This information is printed in our annual Guide to Western New York Schools, which is published each June. We added…