South Park High School is a high school

High school

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 located in Buffalo, New York. It serves Grades 9 - 12

Twelfth grade

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 and teaches according to the Board of Regents. The current principal is Mrs. Theresa Schuta, and the current assistant principals are Ms. Denise Denz, Ms. Orneice Hill, and Mr. Michael Morris.

History

South Park is located in South Buffalo, New York. It was organized in 1914, but the building's construction was not completed until the 1915-1916 school year. For its first year, the school was temporarily housed at School 36.

Former principals

Previous assignment and reason for departure denoted in parentheses

• Dr. Robert T. Bapst–1914-1932 (Principal - Public School 35, named Associate Superintendent of Buffalo Public Schools)
• Mr. Frank P. Regan–1932-1958 (Vice Principal - South Park High School, retired)
• Dr. J. Norman Hayes–1958-1964 (Assistant Principal - Lafayette High School
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  , named Associate Superintendent of Buffalo Public Schools
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  )
• Mr. Thomas J. Connors–1964-1972 (Principal - Clinton Junior High School, retired)
• Mr. John J. Mattimore–1972-1986 (Vice Principal - East High School
  East High School (Buffalo, New York)
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  , named Principal of Burgard Vocational High School
  Burgard Vocational High School
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  )
• Dr. Paul A. Lafornara –1986-1995 (Principal - School 81, named Principal of City Honors School
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  )
• Mr. Raymond D. Perreault–1995-2002 (Principal - Buffalo Alternative High School, retired)
• Dr. Eileen H. Czarnecki–2002-2004 (Acting Principal - E.C.C. 90, named Assistant Principal of Grover Cleveland High School)
• Mr. Paul J. Casseri–2004-2005 (Assistant Superintendent of Personnel - Frontier Central School District
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  , named Principal of Lewiston-Porter High School)
• Mrs. Patricia J. Welch-Thomas–2005-2009 (Assistant Principal – Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts, retired)

Selected former assistant principals

Previous assignment and reason for departure denoted in parentheses

• Mr. Frank Regan–1926-1932 (unknown, named Principal of South Park High School)
• Mr. F. Nicholas McCarthy–1932-1958
• Mr. Thomas Connors–1958-1962 (Social Studies teacher - South Park High School, named Principal of Clinton Junior High School)
• Mr. Robert J. Wilson–1966-1984 (Physical Education teacher - Buffalo Public Schools
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  , retired)
• Mr. John F. Toolen
• Dr. John A. Demerly
• Ms. Mary C. Roche
• Ms. Margaret R. Cunningham–?-1970s (Guidance Counselor - Buffalo Public Schools, retired)
• Mr. William Bell
• Mr. Calvin Baxter
• Mr. Harold J. Collier
• Mr. Daniel J. Geary–?-1995 (Assistant Principal - Buffalo Alternative High School, named Assistant Principal of Hutchinson Central Technical High School
  Hutchinson Central Technical High School
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  )
• Mrs. Nancy Thompson–?-2003 (unknown, retired)
• Mr. Michael J. Mogavero–1998-2003 (Physical Education teacher - Riverside High School
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  , named Principal of Buffalo Traditional School)
• Mrs. Angela R. Reynolds-Hannah–2003-2004 (Guidance Counselor - Buffalo Traditional, named Assistant Principal of City Honors School
  City Honors School
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  )
• Dr. William A. Kresse–2003-2005 (Assistant Principal - Kensington High School
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  , named Principal of City Honors School
  City Honors School
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  )
• Ms. Ann Mogavero [interim]–2004-2005 (Ninth grade teacher - Harry Van Arsdale Jr. Career and Technical High School, named Director of English Language Arts for Buffalo Public Schools)
• Mr. Darren J. Brown–2004-2006 (Math teacher - Grover Cleveland High School
  Grover Cleveland High School (Buffalo, New York)
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  , named Principal of Community School 53)
• Mr. Lawrence Grisanti–2006-2010 (Principal - Lorraine Elementary School, retired)

Selected former administrators

Year	Superintendent	Principal	Asst. Principal	Asst. Principal	Asst. Principal
1964-1965		Tom Connors	Ray Schazner	John Toolen	John Demerly
1965-1966		Tom Connors	Ray Schazner	John Toolen	John Demerly
1966-1967		Tom Connors	Ray Schazner	Rob Wilson	Mary Croche
1967-1968		Tom Connors	Ray Schazner	Rob Wilson	Mary Croche
1968-1969		Tom Connors	Ray Schazner	Rob Wilson	Mary Croche
1969-1970		Tom Connors	Ray Schazner	Rob Wilson	Mary Croche
1970-1971		Tom Connors	Ray Schazner	Rob Wilson	Mary Croche
1980-1981		John Mattimore	Dan Leary	Rob Wilson	Bill Bell
1985-1986		Paul Lafornara
1986-1987		Paul Lafornara
1988-1989		Paul Lafornara
1990-1991	Albert Thompson	Paul Lafornara
1992-1993	Albert Thompson	Paul Lafornara
1993-1994	Albert Thompson	Paul Lafornara
1994-1995	Albert Thompson	Paul Lafornara
1995-1996	Albert Thompson	Ray Perrault
1996-1997	Albert Thompson	Ray Perrault
1997-1998	Jim Harris	Ray Perrault
1998-1999	Jim Harris	Ray Perrault	Nancy Thompson	Mike Mogavero
1999-2000	Marion Canedo	Ray Perrault	Nancy Thompson	Mike Mogavero
2000-2001	Marion Canedo	Ray Perrault	Nancy Thompson	Mike Mogavero
2001-2002	Marion Canedo	Ray Perrault	Nancy Thompson	Mike Mogavero
2002-2003	Marion Canedo	Eileen Czarnecki	Nancy Thompson	Mike Mogavero
2003-2004	Marion Canedo	Eileen Czarnecki	Angela Reynolds	Bill Kresse
2004-2005	Yvonne Hargrave	Paul Casseri	Darren Brown	Bill Kresse	Ann Mogavero
2005-2006	James Williams	Pat Thomas	Darren Brown	Denise Denz
2006-2007	James Williams	Pat Thomas	Orniece Hill	Denise Denz	Larry Grisanti
2007-2008	James Williams	Pat Thomas	Orniece Hill	Denise Denz	Larry Grisanti
2008-2009	James Williams	Pat Thomas	Orniece Hill	Denise Denz	Larry Grisanti
2009-2010	James Williams	Terri Schuta	Orniece Hill	Denise Denz	Larry Grisanti
2010-2011	James Williams	Terri Schuta	Orniece Hill	Denise Denz	Mike Morris
2011-2012	Amber Dixon*	Terri Schuta	Orniece Hill	Denise Denz	Mike Morris