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School district
  
Buffalo Public Schools

School number
  
192

NCES School ID
  
360585000297

District
  
Buffalo Public Schools

Color
  
Black and Yellow

NCES District ID
  
3605850

CEEB code
  
330988

Phone
  
+1 716-816-4220

Founded
  
1976

Funding type
  
State school

Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts

School type
  
Public school, high school, Magnet school

Address
  
450 Masten Ave, Buffalo, NY 14209, USA

Similar
  
City Honors School, Tapestry Charter School, South Park High School, Buffalo Public Schools, Hutchinson Central Technical

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The Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts, also known as BAVPA, is a magnet performing arts high school and part of Buffalo's public school system. The current principal is Jody Covington.

Contents

The school holds classes from grade 5-12 and requires students to apply (as if for a job) in the field of their desired "major concentration." Majors taught in the school are Dance, Media, Music, Technical Theater, Theater Arts, and Visual Arts.

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History

BAVPA was founded in 1976 as a magnet school, based on a recent court order demanding that Buffalo desegregate its schools. It was originally located at School 87 (then known as Clinton Junior High School) located 333 Clinton Street in the Lower East Side of Buffalo. Due to size constraints, the school moved to its current location in 2007. The new building, located at 450 Masten Avenue in Buffalo, is the former home to Woodlawn Junior High School and Buffalo Traditional School.

Former principals

Previous assignment and reason for departure denoted in parentheses

  • Mr. Philip Lafornara–1976-1978 (Principal - unknown, passed away)
  • Mr. Elmer J. Schamber–1978-1985 (Principal - City Honors School, retired)
  • Mr. David M. Hess–1985-1991 (Assistant Principal - Riverside High School, named Acting Assistant Superintendent for Secondary Education for Buffalo Public Schools)
  • Ms. Barbara A. Schnell–1991-1992 (Principal - Kensington Prep, named Principal of Buffalo Vocational Technical Center)
  • Mr. Ronald L. Meer–1992-1996 (Principal - Leonardo da Vinci High School, retired)
  • Mrs. Deborah A. Smith–1996-2000 (Program Coordinator - Buffalo Public Schools, named Principal of Buffalo Vocational Technical Center)
  • Mr. Kevin E. Kazmierczak–2000-2008 (Director of Instrumental Music Programs - Buffalo Public Schools, named Principal of Tonawanda High School)
  • Mr. Darren J. Brown–2008-2011 (Principal - Community School 53, named Executive Director for Human Resources for Buffalo Public Schools)

    • Selected former assistant principals

  • Mr. Henry J. Klee–1984-1990 (Principal - Bennett High School, retired)
  • Mr. Thaddeus W. Weselak–?-2000 (Assistant Principal - Kensington High School, retired)
  • Mrs. Ramona Y. Thomas-Reynolds–2000-2002 (Administrative Intern - McKinley Vocational High School, named Principal of West Hertel Academy)
  • Mrs. Patricia J. Welch-Thomas–?-2005 (Art teacher - Buffalo Traditional School, named Principal of South Park High School)
  • Ms. Wendy L. Richards–2002-2005 (Coordinator - Western New York School Support Center, named Assistant Principal of Grover Cleveland High School)
  • Mr. Thomas C. Aquino–2005-2006 (Assistant Principal - Seneca Vocational High School, retired)
  • Mr. Larry J. Hunley–2005-2006 (Assistant Principal - Seneca Vocational High School, named Assistant Principal of Academy School 131)
  • Ms. Jody Covington–2006-2011 (Assistant Principal - Academy School 131, named Interim Principal of Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts)
  • Dr. Eileen H. Czarnecki–2005-2014 (Assistant Principal - Grover Cleveland High School, retired)

    • Famous alumni

  • Ani DiFranco (Class of 1986)
  • Jesse L. Martin (Class of 1987)
  • Robert Paterson (Class of 1988)
  • Lucky Peterson
  • Keith White Jr. (Class of 1999)

    • References

    Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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