Burgard High School
| Burgard Vocational High School | |
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400 Kensington Avenue Buffalo, NY Kensington Buffalo, New York, Erie 14214 United States |
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| Coordinates | 42°55′44.14″N 78°50′10.61″W / 42.9289278°N 78.8362806°WCoordinates: 42°55′44.14″N 78°50′10.61″W / 42.9289278°N 78.8362806°W |
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| Type | Vocational school |
| Motto | Humanity, Integrity, Scholarship |
| Established | 1929 |
| Status | Focus School |
| School district | Buffalo Public Schools |
| School number | 301 |
| Principal | Charlene D. Watson |
| Assistant Principals | Eric S. Johnson Jamie L. St. John Tracey L. Travis |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Color(s) | Blue and White |
| Team name | Bulldogs |
| Newspaper | The Blueprint |
| Yearbook | The Technician |
| Website | Burgard High School |
Burgard Vocational High School is a vocational high school located in Buffalo, New York, USA. It holds about 800 students from Grades 9 - 12 and teaches according to the Board of Regents. The current Principal is Mrs. Charlene Watson, and the current Assistant Principals are Mr. Eric Johnson, Ms. Jamie St. John, and Ms. Tracey J. Travis.
The school was founded in 1910 as a combined printing class between Public School #5 and Public School #44 on Elm Street in Buffalo. In 1914, it became known as the Elm Technical School. A $1,000,000 construction project was begun to construct a new facility for the school, with the land being donated by Henry P. Burgard.
In 2009, a renovation was completed on the school that expanded the main office and created new science and computer labs, technology shops, and renovation to the automobile shops. Locker rooms were also expanded. While the school was being reconstructed, freshmen and sophomores were housed at School 171 on East Delavan Avenue.
Previous assignment and reason for departure denoted in parentheses
Previous assignment and reason for departure denoted in parentheses
*Denotes interim appointment
Burgard offers Regents level courses as required by New York State. Burgard's curriculum includes a career and technical component in classes such as Automotive Repair Technology, Virtual Enterprise, Welding, Computer-aided design (CAD) & CAM Robotics, and Building Management.
In 2010, Burgard was placed on New York State's list of consistently low-achieving high schools in the state. The school's current graduation rate is 44%, below state standards, and saw a drop in on test scores on Regents exams in all subject areas except Earth science New state requirements state that schools on the list that do not show improvement must either convert to a charter school, replace the building principal and at least 50% of its staff, create incentive pay for high-performing staff and implement staff development for teachers that do not, or close entirely. Superintendent James Williams initially announced that he would keep Principal Florence Schimert-Krieter in place at Burgard despite the fact that doing so would cost the school and district federal funds, approximately two million dollars per year for three years. Following a visit by the state education department, Williams announced that he would remove Krieter as well as the principals at two other Buffalo high schools, with the changes taking effect October 15, 2010. Around that time, it was announced that Burgard had failed to meet the requirements for those grants, and would not receive that funding.
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