It was a packed house at the Buffalo Board of Education meeting Wednesday night as dozens of parents and concerned citizens came out to once again ask board members to end out-of-school suspensions.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — On the 19 month anniversary of Jawaan Daniels’ murder, his mother, his church pastor, and dozens of concerned citizens asked the Buffalo Board of Education to end out of school suspensions.

"I believe he was a sacrificial lamb that was slain for so many thousands of kids, so things has been going on under the table for years, and now it has to stop. As I said earlier, we don't want the blood of all these young people that have great potential to be on our hands so we have to look at alternatives,” said Co-Pastor Janice Fisher of Good Shepherd Temple COGIC.

Daniels, who was just 15 years old, was fatally shot on his way home from school after being suspended for allegedly wandering the halls. Wednesday evening, his mother presented the board with a safety resolution.

“This resolution is simply saying that for non violent offenses, we don't want our children to be cast in to the streets. We want our children to be supported. We want to get to the bottom of the reason for their behavior. Even for violent offences, that child must be dealt with. We just want our children to be safe and in a secure environment conducive to learning,” said Bryon McIntyre of Alliance for Quality Education.

McIntyre says non-violent situations need to be dealt with in school where parents know their children are safe.

"Perhaps a wrap around program. We have student support teams, we have counselors, psychologists, and we have teacher aids – we have folks that are there and we're asking the parents support the teachers and the administration and we get to the root of the problem not just cast them out on the street,” McIntyre said.

While interim superintendent Amber Dixon doesn't have exact numbers, she agrees that too many students are being sent home.

"I can't tell you about specifics. I can tell you that in my judgment, there were some in a continuum of reasonable reasons for suspension, some had no basis for ending up in suspension and some and some were closer to ending up there,” said Dixon.

Dixon says changes are coming.

"We're listening to the public, we're recording the comments, and we’re going to come up with policy changes probably by the end of January. It should come to the board then. We'll put it through the process and in February we'll have changes to the policies and procedures around suspension and the code of conduct."