Burgard Vocational 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 Mr. Brian Wiesinger, and the current Assistant Principals are Mr. Andre Thomas and Ms. Lorenda Williams.

Academics
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 & CAM Robotics, and Building Management.

2010 controversy
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 Schmiert-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.

Schedule
* For students with 1st Lunch & For students with 2nd Lunch ^ For students with 3rd Lunch

History
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.

Selected former principals
Previous assignment and reason for departure denoted in parentheses
 * Mr. William B. Kamprath–1914-1953 . (Principal - Elm Vocational School, retired)
 * Mr. Joseph F. Crotty–1953-1970 (Vice Principal - Burgard Vocational High School, passed away)
 * Mr. J. Patrick Curry–1970-1984 (Vice Principal - Seneca Vocational High School, retired)
 * Mr. James F. Harmon–1984-1986 (Principal - McKinley Vocational High School, retired)
 * Mr. John J. Mattimore–1986-1988 (Principal - South Park High School, retired )
 * Mr. Rocco A. Lamparelli–1988-1990 (Supervising Principal - Buffalo Public Schools' Secondary Schools, retired)
 * Mr. Thomas P. Kopera–1990-2002 (Vice Principal - Lafayette High School, retired)
 * Mr. James J. Pautler–2002-2006 (Vice Principal - Kensington High School, assigned to Buffalo Public Schools' Office of Shared Accountability)
 * Mr. Carlos J. Villarroel [interim]–2006-2007 (Vice Principal - Burgard High School, named Assistant Principal of Frank A. Sedita Academy)
 * Mrs. Florence S. Krieter–2007-2010 (Interim Assistant Principal - Burgard High School, assigned to Buffalo Schools' Department of School Turnarounds )
 * Ms. Genelle E. Morris-Adams–2010 [interim] (Director of Data Analysis - Buffalo Public Schools, returned to District Office)

Selected former assistant principals
Previous assignment and reason for departure denoted in parentheses
 * Mr. Laverne H. Engel–1932-1937
 * Mr. Joseph M. Crotty –1948-1953 (unknown, named Principal of Burgard Vocational High School)
 * Dr. William Sharp–?-1962
 * Mr. Archie Rouselle–1962-1972? (Teacher - McKinley Vocational High School, unknown)
 * Mr. Thomas F. Cosgrove [interim]–1969-1970 (Math teacher - Burgard High School, returned to teaching)
 * Mr. Salvatore Sedita
 * Mr. Jack L. Miligore (Guidance Counselor - Burgard High School, unknown)
 * Mr. Joseph T. Schmidle (unknown, named Director of Manpower Development for Buffalo Public Schools Board of Education)
 * Mr. Don Brusky [interim]–1989-1990
 * Mr. Thomas Aquino–1990-? (Deputy Youth Director - City of Buffalo, named Supervisor of Personnel/Teacher Aides for Buffalo City Schools)
 * Mr. Leonard J. Carfley–?-1993
 * Mrs. Aloma D. Johnson
 * Mrs. Mary A. Craig–?-2003 (Unknown, named Assistant Principal of Grover Cleveland High School)
 * Mr. Carlos Villarroel –2003-2006 (Assistant Principal - Grover Cleveland High School, named Interim Principal of Burgard High School)
 * Mrs. Denise E. Clarke–2003-2005 (ESL Teacher - Burgard High School, named Assistant Principal of Frederick Law Olmstead )
 * Mrs. Florence Schmiert Krieter [interim]–2006-2007 (Social Studies Teacher - Burgard High School, named Interim Principal of Burgard High School)
 * Mr. Bert L. Stevenson–2007-2008 (Director of Special Services - Buffalo Public Schools, named Assistant Principal of Bennett High School )
 * Dr. Barbara J. Carson-Jones–2008-2010 (Principal - Seneca Vocational High School, retired )

Selected former administrators
* Denotes interim appointment

Notable alumni

 * Andre Coleman–Canadian Football League defensive lineman of the Edmonton Eskimos
 * Brian C. Davis–Member of Buffalo, NY City Council