Grover Cleveland High School (Buffalo, New York)

Grover Cleveland High School was a high school located in Buffalo, New York. It is named for former U.S. president and Buffalo mayor Grover Cleveland and generally housed students from Grades 9 - 12, teaching according to the Board of Regents. Currently, the school building houses The International Preparatory School.

Grover Cleveland High School was originally constructed in 1913 as the home to Buffalo State University,^[1] then known as Buffalo Teacher's School. In 1931, Grover Cleveland High School was formed as a school serving the Lower West Side of Buffalo. The building was renovated in 1959, where an addition was built onto the northern end of the school that contained classrooms, a swimming pool, and a new gymnasium.^[2] During the 1970s, Grover was designated as the school to serve foreign language-speaking students within the City of Buffalo.^[3] In 2007, the building began housing two schools, Grover Cleveland High School, and the International Preparatory School, a math and science magnet affiliated with the College Board. In 2010, Grover Cleveland High School was closed to new due to low graduation rates and increasing incidents of student violence and possession of weapons.^[4] The final class of seniors graduated in 2011.

From 2011 until June 2013, the building was renovated and re-opened to students at International Preparatory School and the new STAR Academy in Fall 2013.

Previous assignment and reasons for departure listed in parentheses

• Charles A. Kennedy–1931-1951 (Vice Principal - East High School, retired)
• John F. Devine–1951-1962 (Vice Principal - Grover Cleveland High School, died)
• Martin B. O'Donnell–1962-1967, 1968-1970 (Assistant Principal - Lafayette High School, named Principal of Hutchinson Central Technical High School)
• John A. Demerly [interim]–1967-1968 (Assistant Principal - Grover Cleveland High School,^[5] returned to position)
• Daniel M. Kublitz [interim]–1970-1971 (Assistant Principal - Grover Cleveland High School, named Assistant Principal of Bennett High School^[6])
• Ronald J. Meer–1971-1975 (Vice Principal - Woodlawn Junior High School, named Principal of Bennett High School)
• John E. Ward–1975-1979 (Principal - Genesee-Humboldt Junior High School, retired^[7])
• Rocco A. Lamparelli–1979-1985 (Supervising Principal - South Buffalo Public Schools, named Acting Assistant Superintendent of Secondary Education for Buffalo Public Schools^[8])
• John H. Davis–1985-1989 (Assistant Principal - Bennett High School, retired)
• Benjamin L. Randle, Jr.–1989-2004 (Principal - Buffalo Alternative High School, retired^[9])
• Kevin J. Eberle–2004-2007 (Principal - West Seneca West Senior High School,^[10] named Principal of the International Preparatory School at Grover^[11])
• Casey M. Young Welch–2007-2010 (Acting Principal - Harriet Ross Tubman School,^[4] named Principal of Academy School 131 @ 44^[12])

*Denotes interim appointment

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