Bennett High School (Buffalo, New York)

Bennett High School

Address
2885 Main Street Buffalo, New York 14214 Starin Central
Coordinates	42°56′38″N 78°49′56″W / 42.94389°N 78.83222°W / 42.94389; -78.83222Coordinates: 42°56′38″N 78°49′56″W / 42.94389°N 78.83222°W / 42.94389; -78.83222
Information
Funding type	Public
Motto	Optima Futura (The Best is Yet to Be)
Opened	1925
Status	Priority School
School district	Buffalo Public Schools
School number	200
Principal	Bert L. Stevenson
Grades	12
Color(s)	Blue and Orange
Mascot	Tigers
Yearbook	Beacon
Website	Bennett High School

Bennett High School is an American high school located in the University Heights section of Buffalo, New York. The current principal is Dr. Bert Stevenson. It is named for Lewis J. Bennett, who donated the land for the school and for All High Stadium. Portions of the movie The Natural were filmed in All High Stadium, although it was filmed as Wrigley Field. Bennett High School is now fully an Exam/Magnet school with three College Prep programs, they are the Academy of International Law (Similar to Pre-law) Business and Computers (similar to Information Systems), and Education and the Arts.

Bennett High School was built in the 1920s. It has four stories with 270,000 square feet (25,000 m²). It is named for Lewis J. Bennett, who donated the land for the school and for All High Stadium. Portions of the 1984 movie The Natural were filmed in All High Stadium, although it was filmed as Wrigley Field.

The school was renovated in the summer of 2005 and the summer of 2006. During this time, some students were housed at Bennett while others were housed at nearby School 63 on Minnesota Avenue.

In 2014, the school began phasing out, not accepting incoming classes, due to low academic performance. The school is being replaced by Middle Early College High School and the new Computing Academy of Technological Sciences.

Previous assignment and reason for departure denoted in parentheses

*Denotes interim appointment

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