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East High School
East High in Spring 2012
Address
820 Northampton Street Buffalo, NY Humboldt Park Buffalo, Erie County, New York 14211 United States
Information
Type	Public, Coeducational
Status	Priority School
School board	Buffalo School Board
School district	Buffalo Public Schools
Superintendent	Pamela C. Brown
School number	307
Principal	Casey M. Young-Welch
Grades	9-12
Campus type	Urban
Color(s)	Black and Gold
Team name	Panthers
Website	East High School

East High School is a comprehensive high school located in the East Side of Buffalo, New York. It serves 610 students from Grades 9-12. The current principal is Dr. Casey Young Welch, and the current assistant principals are Ms. Ilene Gelber and Ms. Maria Conrad.

History

East High School (originally known as "East Side High School") was constructed in 1926 and opened in 1927. The building was a neighborhood school that served the Lower East Side families. The building became a symbol of rising demographic changes in the East Side when increasing numbers of African-Americans joined the student enrollment. In 1954, as part of a large redistricting initiative by the Buffalo Board of Education, East High's boundaries were redrawn so that it became "Buffalo's Negro high school".

In 1977, the school was closed due to a federal desegregation order and became Buffalo Vocational Technical Center, where students took vocational and career-oriented classes in addition to the core academics at their regular high school. This also allowed the school to become an annex to Kensington, Riverside, and Emerson High Schools. The school was close to being closed and transformed into an elementary/middle school campus in 1999, but that decision was revoked by the Buffalo Board of Education due to mounting public pressure. In 2002, the Vocational center was ultimately closed, and the building re-opened in 2005 once again as East High School.

In the spring of 2011, it was proposed that the current principal be replaced and the school would become an all-male school. Although the principal was place on assignment within the district offices, there are no known plans to change the schools' enrollment demographics at this time.

Former principals

Previous assignment and reason for departure denoted in parentheses

• Mr. Charles J. Costello–1927-1948 (Vice Principal - Hutchinson Central Technical High School, retired)
• Mr. Victor J. Kless–1948-1952 (Vice Principal - East High School, died)
• Mr. William H. Davenport–1952-1961 (Vice Principal - Kensington High School, retired)
• Dr. Robert J. Rentz–1961-1969 (Vice Principal - East High School, retired)
• Mr. Alonzo W. Thompson–1969-1975 (Principal - Clinton Junior High School, named Director of Buffalo Public Schools' Office of Affirmative Action)
• Mr. William D. Bennett–1975-1977 (Director of Student Activities - East High School, named Principal of Buffalo Vocational Technical Center)
• Ms. Geraldine Horton–2005-2011 (Principal - Buffalo Traditional School, named Supervising Principal of Buffalo Public Schools)

Selected former assistant principals

Previous assignment and reason for departure denoted in parentheses

• Mr. Charles A. Kennedy–1927-1931 (Principal - School 63, named Principal of Grover Cleveland High School)
• Mr. Victor Kless–1931-1948 (Classics teacher - East High School, named Principal of East High School)
• Mr. Carl S. Walz–1948-1952 (Vice Principal - Lafayette High School, named Vice Principal of Bennett High School)
• Mr. Lloyd A. Miller–1952-1956 (Vice Principal - Riverside High School, named Vice Principal of Bennett High School)
• Mr. Edwin F. Rundell–1955-1956 (Guidance Counselor - South Park High School, passed away)
• Mr. Robert Rentz–1956-1961 (Guidance Counselor - Lafayette High School, named Principal of East High School)
• Mr. Robert C. McGowan–1956-1959 (Vice Principal - Riverside High School, named Principal of Lafayette High School)
• Dr. John A. Demerly–1960-1964 (Assistant Principal - School 82, named Assistant Principal of South Park High School)
• Mr. William Blomberg–?-1963 (unknown, named Assistant Principal of Kensington High School)
• Mr. Gerald S. Hare–1963-1968 (Guidance Counselor - Lafayette High School, named Interim Principal of Lafayette High School)
• Mr. James F. Harmon–1963-1968 (Social Studies teacher - McKinley Vocational High School, named Principal of Woodlawn Junior High School)
• Mr. Joseph M. Tomaselo
• Mr. John J. Mattimore–1968-1971 (Assistant Principal - School 35, named Assistant Principal of South Park High School)
• Mr. Alfred H. Rasp–1968-1971 (Assistant Principal - Kensington High School, returned to Kensington)
• Mr. Nelson J. Scott
• Mr. Frederick D. Ganter–1969-1972 (Social Studies teacher - Woodlawn Junior High School, named Principal of Lafayette High School)
• Mr. Michael J. Anelli–1970-1971 (Assistant Principal - Riverside High School, named Principal of Riverside High School)
• Dr. Wayne K. Broman–?-1977 (Administrative Intern - Cheektowaga Central School District, named Assistant Principal of Buffalo Vocational Technical Center)
• Mr. Thomas A. Cosgrove–?-1977 (Math teacher - Burgard Vocational High School, named Assistant Principal of Kensington High School)
• Mr. Larry J. Hunley
• Mr. Gary M. Tydus–2005-2006 (Assistant Principal - McKinley Vocational High School, returned to McKinley)
• Mrs. Naomi R. Cerre–2006-2010 (Assistant Principal - Grover Cleveland High School, named Assistant Principal of McKinley Vocational High School)
• Mr. Alvion Johnson–2007-2009 (Principal On Assignment - Harvey Austin School, assigned to Office of School Performance)
• Dr. Benjamin F. Willis–2010-2013 (Dean of Students - Westminster Community Charter School, named Assistant Principal of Tapestry Charter High School)

Selected former administrators

*Denotes interim appointment

Famous alumni

• Al Cervi–Former NBA player/coach

References

1. http://www.p12.nysed.gov/accountability/School_Improvement/Reports/EastHSFinal.pdf
2. Goldman, M. (2007). City on the Edge: Buffalo, New York .
3. ^ Weed, G. M. (2001). School days of yesterday: Buffalo public schools history. (p. 29). Buffalo: Buffalo Standard Printing.
4. Campagna, D. (2000, January 25). Rare allies may save vocational center. The Buffalo News, p. B5.
5. Cardinale, A. (2002, April 16). Few parents at hearing on school closings. The Buffalo News, p. B3.
6. Simon, P. (2005, January 18). East High, Emerson Middle transform in contrasting ways. The Buffalo News, p. B1.
7. ^ Robert J. Rentz, retired educator, lecturer. (1994, May 25). The Buffalo News, p. B6.
8. Alonzo W. Thompson Sr. dies. (2003, March 19). The Buffalo News, p. D7.
9. Brady, K. (1999, April 13). Bill Bennett, educator, coach, athlete, mentor to young - people, dies at 61. The Buffalo News, p. E10.
10. John J. Mattimore, principal in Buffalo schools. (2001, May 2). The Buffalo News, p. B4.

External links

• East High School

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