| Buffalo Vocational/Technical Center | |
| EastHighBuffalo3.JPG | |
| BVTC in Spring 2011 | |
| Address | |
|---|---|
| 820 Northampton Street Buffalo, NY East Buffalo Buffalo, New York, Erie County, 14211 United States | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public, Coeducational |
| Opened | 1975 |
| Closed | 2003 |
| School district | Buffalo Public Schools |
| School number | 307 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Campus | Urban |
Buffalo Vocational/Technical Center was a vocational high school located in the East Side of Buffalo, New York. It was located in the building that formerly housed East High School.
History[]
The building was constructed in 1926 as East High School. In 1979, due to poor academic performance, East High was closed and was transformed into the Buffalo Vocational Technical Center, where students took vocational and career-oriented classes in addition to the core academics at their regular high school. The school was close to being closed and transformed into an elementary/middle school campus in 1999, but that decision was revoked by the Buffalo Board of Education due to mounting public pressure.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.
Former principals[]
Previous assignment and reason for departure denoted in parentheses
- Mr. William D. Bennett–1979-1992 (Principal - East High School, retired)
- Ms. Barbara A. Schnell–1992-1995 (Principal - Buffalo Academy for Visual & Performing Arts, retired)
- Mr. Salvatore Sedita&ndash–1995-1996 (Principal - Emerson Vocational High School, returned to Emerson
- Mr. John J. Vella–1996-1997 (Principal - Riverside High School, returned to Riverside)
- Mr. Robert M. Barton–1997-2000 (Principal - Kensington High School, returned to Kensington)
- Ms. Deborah Smith–2000-2001 (Principal - Buffalo Academy for Visual & Performing Arts, unknown)
- Ms. Geraldine Horton–2001-2002 (Principal - Seneca Vocational High School, school closed)
Selected former assistant principals (Buffalo Vocational)[]
- Ms. Sharon Lanza
- Ms. Patricia Preston