Cleveland Hill Union Free School District

Cleveland Hill School District is a K-12 school district within the Cleveland Hill hamlet of Cheektowaga, New York.

Fire of 1954

In 1954, a fire at the elementary school facility claimed the lives of 15 sixth-grade students, and severely burned Jackson C. Frank. The facility was made entirely of wood, prompting the United States to introduce code that prohibited wooden buildings from housing schools.^[1]

Notable alumni

• Jackson C. Frank - Musician (Class of 1961)
• James C. Litz^[2] - Artist (Class of 1966)
• Robert Nowak^[3] - Basketball player, 2004 ECC Hall of Fame Inductee (Class of 1966)
• Roger Peck - Founder and President of Crown Energy Services, Inc. (Class of 1968)
• Jo Ann Miller^[4] - Miss New York 1973, illustration consultant (Class of 1971)
• Christopher Scolese^[5] - Associate administrator of NASA (Class of 1974)
• Steve Fister - Musician, former lead guitarist of Steppenwolf (Class of 1975)
• William Wieczorek^[6] - Director, Center for Health and Human Research at Buffalo State College (Class of 1977)
• Mark Parisi^[7] - Head coach of USCAA Champion Daemen College Wildcats Women's Volleyball team (Class of 1980)
• Sal Capaccio^[8] - Sports talk host - WGR SportsRadio 550 and Buffalo Bills Radio Network (Class of 1991)
• Leia Militello - Broadcaster for WKBW-TV (Class of 1993)
• Antwon Burton^[9] - Football player (Class of 2001)
• Chae Hawk - Musician (Class of 2002)
• Ashlee Thomas^[10] - Miss Howard University 2011 (Class of 2009)

References

External links

• Official website

Coordinates: 42°56′29″N 78°46′57″W / 42.9415°N 78.7824°W / 42.9415; -78.7824