Student has a medical excuse to be maskless. But Buffalo won't let him come to school By Barbara O'Brien News Staff Reporter Jan 22, 2022 Jan 22, 2022 Updated Apr 19, 2026 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Edward Speidel has talked to everyone he can think of to get his 10-year-old son back in his Buffalo Public Schools classroom.kAmxEVD 366? aa >@?E9D D:?46 E96 3@J 2?5 @E96C DEF56?ED H6C6 =67E =62C?:?8 7C@> 9@>6 3642FD6 @7 E96 r@G:5\`h A2?56>:4] k^AmkAm~E96C <:5D 8@E E@ 8@ 324<[ 3FE 3642FD6 96 42?VE E@=6C2E6 H62C:?8 2 C68F=2C 7246 >2D<[ qF772=@ !F3=:4 $49@@=D D2:5 96 >FDE 4@?E:?F6 E@ =62C? 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