Nineteen months after Lafayette High School student Jawaan Daniels was shot and killed after being sent home on suspension, community members made one more appeal to the school board to end out-of-school suspensions for any non-violent offense. An advisory committee will make a proposal to boardmembers next week.

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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Before Wednesday's board meeting, Buffalo public school students demonstrated against out-of-school suspension by wearing handcuffs. Dozens more people showed up to give the board a piece of their mind.

Superintendent Amber Dixon said after meetings with the community, administrators and social workers, an advisory committee will propose its plan to curb out-of-school suspensions next week.

Dixon said, "We can stop some things right away. We can change some things right away and some things we're going to have to find the funds to build, but it will be a comprehensive plan."

But it's left community members desperate for a change frustrated again. They told the board they can't take action soon enough.

Concerned grandparent Ina Ferguson Downing said, "Something, anything to stop our children from being killed, and this is an issue in our out of school suspension. Put something in effect immediately."

Concerned citizen Danielle Judge said, "While all this time's gone by. This young lady's dropping out. That young lady is missing 35 days of school. The little girls who stood out in the hallway with a book in her hand asking every single one of you to keep her in school may be suspended."

Dixon said she shares the community's concern. She said the timeline that was initially established has been followed and that the advisory committee will present a thorough multi-faceted plan to the board.

Dixon said, "Our timelines may be different, but I think our hearts are in the same place and I think that we're moving forward and we'll get to where we need to go."