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== History == == 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".<ref name=CityOnEdge>Goldman, M. (2007). ''City on the Edge: Buffalo, New York'' .</ref> East High School (originally known as "East Side High School") was constructed in 1926. 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".<ref name=CityOnEdge>Goldman, M. (2007). ''City on the Edge: Buffalo, New York'' .</ref>


In 1977, the school was closed due to a federal desegregation order<ref name=SchoolHistory>Weed, G. M. (2001). ''School days of yesterday: Buffalo public schools history.'' (p. 29). Buffalo: Buffalo Standard Printing.</ref> and became ], 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.<ref name=SchoolHistory/> The school was close to being closed and transformed into an elementary/middle school campus in 1999, but that decision was revoked by the Buffalo Board of Education due to mounting public pressure.<ref name=VocCenterSaved>Campagna, D. (2000, January 25). Rare allies may save vocational center. The Buffalo News, p. B5.</ref> In 2002, the Vocational center was ultimately closed,<ref name=VocCenterClosed>Cardinale, A. (2002, April 16). Few parents at hearing on school closings. ''The Buffalo News'', p. B3.</ref> and the building re-opened in 2005 once again as East High School.<ref name=EastOpen>Simon, P. (2005, January 18). East High, Emerson Middle transform in contrasting ways. The Buffalo News, p. B1.</ref> In 1977, the school was closed due to a federal desegregation order<ref name=SchoolHistory>Weed, G. M. (2001). ''School days of yesterday: Buffalo public schools history.'' (p. 29). Buffalo: Buffalo Standard Printing.</ref> and became ], 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.<ref name=SchoolHistory/> 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.<ref name=VocCenterSaved>Campagna, D. (2000, January 25). Rare allies may save vocational center. The Buffalo News, p. B5.</ref> In 2002, the Vocational center was ultimately closed,<ref name=VocCenterClosed>Cardinale, A. (2002, April 16). Few parents at hearing on school closings. ''The Buffalo News'', p. B3.</ref> and the building re-opened in 2005 once again as East High School.<ref name=EastOpen>Simon, P. (2005, January 18). East High, Emerson Middle transform in contrasting ways. The Buffalo News, p. B1.</ref>
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=== Former principals === === Former principals ===
''Previous assignment and reason for departure denoted in parentheses'' ''Previous assignment and reason for departure denoted in parentheses''
*Mr. Charles J. Costello&ndash;1927-1948 (Vice Principal - ], retired) *Mr. Charles J. Costello&ndash;1926-1948 (Vice Principal - ], retired)
*Mr. Victor J. Kless&ndash;1948-1952 (Vice Principal - East High School, died) *Mr. Victor J. Kless&ndash;1948-1952 (Vice Principal - East High School, died)
*Mr. William H. Davenport&ndash;1952-1961 (Vice Principal - ], retired) *Mr. William H. Davenport&ndash;1952-1961 (Vice Principal - ], retired)
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*Mr. William D. Bennett&ndash;1975-1977 (Director of Student Activities - East High School, named Principal of Buffalo Vocational Technical Center<ref name=Bennett>Brady, K. (1999, April 13). Bill Bennett, educator, coach, athlete, mentor to young - people, dies at 61. ''The Buffalo News'', p. E10.</ref>) *Mr. William D. Bennett&ndash;1975-1977 (Director of Student Activities - East High School, named Principal of Buffalo Vocational Technical Center<ref name=Bennett>Brady, K. (1999, April 13). Bill Bennett, educator, coach, athlete, mentor to young - people, dies at 61. ''The Buffalo News'', p. E10.</ref>)
*Ms. Geraldine Horton&ndash;2005-2011 (Principal - ], named Supervising Principal of Buffalo Public Schools) *Ms. Geraldine Horton&ndash;2005-2011 (Principal - ], named Supervising Principal of Buffalo Public Schools)

=== Selected former assistant principals ===
''Previous assignment and reason for departure denoted in parentheses''
*Mr. Charles A. Kennedy&ndash;1927-1931 (Principal - ], named Principal of ])
*Mr. Victor Kless&ndash;1931-1948 (Classics teacher - East High School, named Principal of East High School)
*Mr. Carl S. Walz&ndash;1948-1952 (Vice Principal - Lafayette High School, named Vice Principal of ])
*Mr. Lloyd A. Miller&ndash;1952-1956 (Vice Principal - ], named Vice Principal of ])
*Mr. Edwin F. Rundell&ndash;1955-1956 (Guidance Counselor - South Park High School, passed away)
*Mr. Robert Rentz&ndash;1956-1961 (Guidance Counselor - ], named Principal of East High School<ref name=Rentz/>)
*Mr. Robert C. McGowan&ndash;1956-1959 (Vice Principal - Riverside High School, named Principal of Lafayette High School)
*Dr. John A. Demerly&ndash;1960-1964 (Assistant Principal - ], named Assistant Principal of ])
*Mr. William Blomberg&ndash;?-1963 (unknown, named Assistant Principal of Kensington High School)
*Mr. Gerald S. Hare&ndash;1963-1968 (Guidance Counselor - Lafayette High School, named Interim Principal of Lafayette High School)
*Mr. James F. Harmon&ndash;1963-1968 (Social Studies teacher - ], named Principal of ])
*Mr. Joseph M. Tomaselo
*Mr. John J. Mattimore&ndash;1968-1971 (Assistant Principal - ], named Assistant Principal of South Park High School<ref name=Mattimore>John J. Mattimore, principal in Buffalo schools. (2001, May 2). ''The Buffalo News'', p. B4.</ref>)
*Mr. Alfred H. Rasp&ndash;1968-1971 (Assistant Principal - Kensington High School, returned to Kensington)
*Mr. Nelson J. Scott
*Mr. Frederick D. Ganter&ndash;1969-1972 (Social Studies teacher - Buffalo Public Schools, named Principal of Lafayette High School)
*Mr. Michael J. Anelli&ndash;1970-1971 (Assistant Principal - Riverside High School, named Principal of Riverside High School)
*Dr. Wayne K. Broman&ndash;?-1977 (Administrative Intern - ], named Assistant Principal of Buffalo Vocational Technical Center)
*Mr. Thomas A. Cosgrove&ndash;?-1977 (Math teacher - ], named Assistant Principal of Kensington High School)
*Mr. Larry J. Hunley
*Mr. Gary M. Tydus&ndash;2005-2006 (Assistant Principal - McKinley Vocational High School, returned to McKinley)
<!--*Ms. Ilene Gelber&ndash;2005-? (Assistant Principal - ], )-->
*Mrs. Naomi R. Cerre&ndash;2006-2010 (Assistant Principal - Grover Cleveland High School, named Assistant Principal of McKinley Vocational High School)
*Mr. Alvion Johnson&ndash;2007-2009 (Principal On Assignment - ], assigned to Office of School Performance)
*Dr. Benjamin F. Willis&ndash;2010-2013 (Dean of Students - ], named Assistant Principal of ])

=== Selected former administrators ===
{| class="wikitable"
! style="background:#FFCC99;" | Year
! style="background:#FFCC99;" | Superintendent
! style="background:#FFCC99;" | Principal
! style="background:#FFCC99;" colspan=3 | Asst. Principal
|-|-
| '''1927-1928''' || Ernest Hartwell || Charlie Costello || Charlie Kennedy || ||
|-
| '''1928-1929''' || Ernest Hartwell || Charlie Costello || Charlie Kennedy || ||
|-
| '''1929-1930''' || Ernest Hartwell || Charlie Costello || Charlie Kennedy || ||
|-
| '''1930-1931''' || Ernest Hartwell || Charlie Costello || Charlie Kennedy || ||
|-
| '''1931-1932''' || Ernest Hartwell || Charlie Costello || Victor Kless || ||
|-
| '''1932-1933''' || Ernest Hartwell || Charlie Costello || Victor Kless || ||
|-
| '''1933-1934''' || Ernest Hartwell || Charlie Costello || Victor Kless || ||
|-
| '''1934-1935''' || Ernest Hartwell || Charlie Costello || Victor Kless || ||
|-
| '''1935-1936''' || Robert Pabst || Charlie Costello || Victor Kless || ||
|-
| '''1936-1937''' || Robert Pabst || Charlie Costello || Victor Kless || ||
|-
| '''1937-1938''' || Robert Pabst || Charlie Costello || Victor Kless || ||
|-
| '''1938-1939''' || Robert Pabst || Charlie Costello || Victor Kless || ||
|-
| '''1939-1940''' || Robert Pabst || Charlie Costello || Victor Kless || ||
|-
| '''1940-1941''' || Robert Pabst || Charlie Costello || Victor Kless || ||
|-
| '''1941-1942''' || Robert Pabst || Charlie Costello || Victor Kless || ||
|-
| '''1942-1943''' || Robert Pabst || Charlie Costello || Victor Kless || ||
|-
| '''1943-1944''' || Robert Pabst || Charlie Costello || Victor Kless || ||
|-
| '''1944-1945''' || Robert Pabst || Charlie Costello || Victor Kless || ||
|-
| '''1945-1946''' || Robert Pabst || Charlie Costello || Victor Kless || ||
|-
| '''1946-1947''' || Robert Pabst || Charlie Costello || Victor Kless || ||
|-
| '''1947-1948''' || Robert Pabst || Charlie Costello || Victor Kless || ||
|-
| '''1948-1949''' || Robert Pabst || Victor Kless || Carl Walz || ||
|-
| '''1949-1950''' || Robert Pabst || Victor Kless || Carl Walz || ||
|-
| '''1950-1951''' || Ben Willis || Victor Kless || Carl Walz || ||
|-
| '''1951-1952''' || Ben Willis || Victor Kless || Carl Walz || ||
|-
| '''1952-1953''' || Ben Willis || Bill Davenport || Lloyd Miller || ||
|-
| '''1953-1954''' || Parmer Ewing || Bill Davenport || Lloyd Miller || ||
|-
| '''1954-1955''' || Parmer Ewing || Bill Davenport || Lloyd Miller || ||
|-
| '''1955-1956''' || Parmer Ewing || Bill Davenport || Lloyd Miller || Edwin Rundell ||
|-
| '''1956-1957''' || Parmer Ewing || Bill Davenport || Bob Rentz || Rundell/McGowan ||
|-
| '''1957-1958''' || Joe Manch || Bill Davenport || Bob Rentz || Bob McGowan ||
|-
| '''1958-1959''' || Joe Manch || Bill Davenport || Bob Rentz || Bob McGowan ||
|-
| '''1959-1960''' || Joe Manch || Bill Davenport || Bob Rentz || ||
|-
| '''1960-1961''' || Joe Manch || Bill Davenport || John Demerly || ||
|-
| '''1961-1962''' || Joe Manch || Bob Rentz || John Demerly || Bill Blomberg ||
|-
| '''1962-1963''' || Joe Manch || Bob Rentz || John Demerly || Bill Blomberg ||
|-
| '''1963-1964''' || Joe Manch || Bob Rentz || Gerald Hare || Jim Harmon ||
|-
| '''1964-1965''' || Joe Manch || Bob Rentz || Gerald Hare || Jim Harmon ||
|-
| '''1965-1966''' || Joe Manch || Bob Rentz || Gerald Hare || Jim Harmon ||
|-
| '''1966-1967''' || Joe Manch || Bob Rentz || Gerald Hare || Jim Harmon ||
|-
| '''1967-1968''' || Joe Manch || Bob Rentz || Gerald Hare || Jim Harmon ||
|-
| '''1968-1969''' || Joe Manch || Bob Rentz || John Mattimore || Alfred Rasp ||
|-
| '''1969-1970''' || Joe Manch || Alonzo Thompson || John Mattimore || Alfred Rasp || Rick Ganter
|-
| '''1970-1971''' || Joe Manch || Alonzo Thompson || John Mattimore || Alfred Rasp || Rick Ganter
|-
| '''1971-1972''' || Joe Manch || Alonzo Thompson || Nelson Scott || Alfred Rasp || Rick Ganter
|-
| '''1972-1973''' || Joe Manch || Alonzo Thompson || || ||
|-
| '''1973-1974''' || Joe Manch || Alonzo Thompson || || ||
|-
| '''1974-1975''' || Joe Manch || Alonzo Thompson || || ||
|-
| '''1975-1976''' || Gene Reville || Bill Bennett || Wayne Broman || Tom Cosgrove ||
|-
| '''1976-1977''' || Gene Reville || Bill Bennett || Wayne Broman || Tom Cosgrove ||
|-
| '''1977-1978''' || Gene Reville || Bill Bennett || || ||
|-
| '''1978-1979''' || Gene Reville || Bill Bennett || || ||
|-
| '''2004-2005''' || Yvonne Hargrave* || Geraldine Horton || Larry Hunley || ||
|-
| '''2005-2006''' || James Williams || Geraldine Horton || Ilene Gelber || Gary Tydus ||
|-
| '''2006-2007''' || James Williams || Geraldine Horton || Ilene Gelber || Naomi Cerre ||
|-
| '''2007-2008''' || James Williams || Geraldine Horton || Ilene Gelber || Naomi Cerre ||
|-
| '''2008-2009''' || James Williams || Geraldine Horton || Ilene Gelber || Naomi Cerre || Alvion Johnson
|-
| '''2009-2010''' || James Williams || Geraldine Horton || Ilene Gelber || Naomi Cerre || Alvion Johnson
|-
| '''2010-2011''' || James Williams || Geraldine Horton || Ilene Gelber || Ben Willis ||
|-
| '''2011-2012''' || Amber Dixon* || Casey Young || Ilene Gelber || Ben Willis ||
|-
| '''2012-2013''' || Pamela Brown || Casey Young || Ilene Gelber || Ben Willis ||
|-
| '''2013-2014''' || Pamela Brown || Casey Young || Ilene Gelber || Maria Conrad ||
|-
|}

<nowiki>*</nowiki>Denotes interim appointment


== Famous alumni == == Famous alumni ==

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Public, coeducational school in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, United States
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
TypePublic, Coeducational
StatusPriority School
School boardBuffalo School Board
School districtBuffalo Public Schools
SuperintendentPamela C. Brown
School number307
PrincipalCasey M. Young-Welch
Grades9-12
Campus typeUrban
Color(s)Black and Gold    
Team namePanthers
WebsiteEast 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. 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–1926-1948 (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–1961-1968 (Vice Principal - East High School, retired)
  • Mr. Alonzo W. Thompson–1968-1975 (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)

Famous alumni

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.

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