School 87

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School 87

Address
333 Clinton Street Willert Park Buffalo, New York Erie, 14204
Coordinates	42°52′58″N 78°51′44″W / 42.882669°N 78.862306°W / 42.882669; -78.862306Coordinates: 42°52′58″N 78°51′44″W / 42.882669°N 78.862306°W / 42.882669; -78.862306
Information
Established	1914
Status	Vacant
Closed	1976
School number	87
Grades	5-9

School 87 is a public school building located near Downtown Buffalo, New York, located at 333 Clinton Street. The building served as home of Hutchinson Central Technical High School and the Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts as well as a junior high school and a swing school building for other Buffalo Public Schools that were being reconstructed from 2007-2013. It has been vacant and unused since July 2013.

History

School 87 was constructed in 1915 to house Technical High School, which had been previously been housed at 102 Elm Street in School 11. The building was unique in that it was the only public school in Buffalo history to provide its own power and electricity by way of steam generations powered by high pressure boilers. These boilers provided electricity not only for Technical High, but for School 32, located across the street from the building.^[1] In 1954, Technical High School merged with Hutchinson Central High School and moved across town.

The old Technical High building was then designated as School 87 and re-opened as Clinton Junior High School (or Clinton Center School), making it one of the first junior high schools in the city and the only one to house grades seven and eight exclusively.^[2] Clinton Junior High was one of the most segregated schools in the City of Buffalo with a very high minority enrollment and along with other East Side high schools, was a frequent site of gang and racial violence during the `1960's and 1970's.^[3] In 1976, the school was converted to the Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts as part of Buffalo's desegregation plan. Beginning with Clinton's original student body, the newly renumbered School 187 eventually became a magnet school that enrolled students from all areas of the City.

In 2007, the Arts Academy moved to a new, renovated location at 450 Masten Avenue. School 87 housed South Park High School (2007-2009), Southside Elementary School (2009-2011), and The International Preparatory School (2011-2013) while those school's regular buildings were being renovated. As of October 2013, the building's future remains unknown.

Former principals

Previous assignment and reason for departure denoted in parentheses

Mr. Arthur S. Lord–1954-1962 (Principal - School 47, retired)
Mr. Thomas J. Connors–1962-1964 (Assistant Principal - South Park High School, named Principal of South Park High School^[4])
Mr. Robert S. Wilson–1964-1965^[5] (Assistant Principal - Genesee-Humboldt Junior High School,^[6] named Assistant Principal of South Park High School)
Mr. Paul A. Parinello–1965-1967 (Vice Principal - Woodlawn Junior High School,^[5] named Principal of Madison Township School)
Mr. Alonzo W. Thompson–1967-1969 (Vice Principal - Woodlawn Junior High School,^[7] named Principal of East High School)
Mr. Joseph T. Murray–1969-1976 (Vice Principal - Clinton Junior High School, named Associate Superintendent of Buffalo Public Schools)

Selected former assistant principals

Previous assignment and reason for departure denoted in parentheses

Dr. J. Norman Hayes–1954-1955 (Assistant Principal - Kensington High School, named Assistant Principal of Lafayette High School^[8])
Mr. Morris Raiken–1955-1958 (unknown, named Assistant Principal of Bennett High School^[8])
Mr. Monroe Gilbert–1964^[9]
Mr. Harry E. Adams–1964-1966 (Science teacher - School 82,^[9] named Assistant Principal of Woodlawn Junior High School)
Mr. Franklin R. Weitz–?-1967 (unknown, named Assistant Principal of Bennett High School^[7])
Mr. Adam D. Dzimian–1967-1968 (Guidance Counselor - School 37, named Assistant Principal of Bennett High School)
Mr. Joseph Murray–1968-1969 (Teacher - Clinton Junior High School, named Principal of Clinton Junior High School)

References

↑ Weed, G. M. (2001). School days of yesterday: Buffalo public school history. (p. 43). Buffalo: Allied Printing.
↑ Smith, M. K. (1961, July 9). Buffalo slow to adopt junior high. Buffalo Courier-Express. Retrieved from http://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers 21/Buffalo NY Courier Express/Buffalo NY Courier Express 1961/Buffalo NY Courier Express 1961 a - 8073.pdf
↑ Board warns against attacks on teachers. (1965, May 13). Buffalo Courier Express. Retrieved from http://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers 21/Buffalo NY Courier Express/Buffalo NY Courier Express 1965/Buffalo NY Courier Express 1965 - 6510.pdf
↑ T.j. connors appointed principal at south park. (1964, August 27). Buffalo Courier Express. Retrieved from http://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers 21/Buffalo NY Courier Express/Buffalo NY Courier Express 1964/Buffalo NY Courier Express 1964 - 9568.pdf
↑ 5.0 5.1 David hansen named principal of school 6. (1965, July 15). Buffalo Courier Express. Retrieved from http://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers 21/Buffalo NY Courier Express/Buffalo NY Courier Express 1965/Buffalo NY Courier Express 1965 - 9742.pdf
↑ Principal is named. (1964, September 10). Buffalo Courier Express. Retrieved from http://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers 21/Buffalo NY Courier Express/Buffalo NY Courier Express 1964/Buffalo NY Courier Express 1964 b - 0196.pdf
↑ 7.0 7.1 Negro appointed clinton principal. (1967, July 13). Buffalo Courier-Express. Retrieved from http://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers21/Buffalo NY Courier Express/Buffalo NY Courier Express 1967/Buffalo NY Courier Express 1967 a - 0578.pdf
↑ 8.0 8.1 School board appoints new principal. (1955, July 28). Buffalo Courier Express. Retrieved from http://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers 21/Buffalo NY Courier Express/Buffalo NY Courier Express 1955/Buffalo NY Courier Express 1955 a - 4150.pdf
↑ 9.0 9.1 Board oks 2 in HUAC hearings here. (1964, October 29). Buffalo Courier Express. Retrieved from http://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers 21/Buffalo NY Courier Express/Buffalo NY Courier Express 1964/Buffalo NY Courier Express 1964 b - 2714.pdf

External links

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High Schools	PS 200 Bennett High School PS 204 Lafayette High School PS 205 Riverside Institute of Technology PS 206 South Park High School PS 212 Leonardo da Vinci High School PS 301 Burgard High School PS 302 Emerson School of Hospitality PS 304 Hutchinson Central Technical High School PS 305 McKinley High School PS 307 East High School PS 353 S.T.A.R. Academy PS 402 Occupational Training Center PS 415 Middle Early College High School

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Noted alumni	Andre Coleman, Ani DiFranco, Rick James, Jesse L. Martin, Mike Williams

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