McKinley Vocational High School

McKinley 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. Crystal Barton, and the current Assistant Principals are Ms. Molly Allman and Mr. Carlos Villarroel.

History
McKinley was formed in 1910 as Black Rock Vocational School. It moved into its current addresson Elmwood in 1923, which formerly housed the Buffalo Orphan's Asylum. The current building was completed in 1969. The building presently is undergoing renovations. The ninth graders are housed at School 56 until renovations are completed on the McKinley building.

Selected former principals
Previous assignment and reason for departure denoted in parentheses
 * Mr. Samuel F. King
 * Mr. Robert S. Hoole–1934-1955
 * Mr. Alfred E. Kampreth–1955-?
 * Mr. Albert B. Buck
 * Mr. James F. Harmon–1972-1984 (Principal - Woodlawn Junior High School, named Principal of Burgard Vocational High School)
 * Mr. Anthony E. Leone
 * Mr. Ronald J. Meer–?-1987

Selected former assistant principals
Previous assignment and reasons for departure listed in parentheses
 * Mr. Alfred Kamprath
 * Dr. Joseph C. Delhury–?-1967 (unknown, retired)
 * Mr. Alfonso Cacciatore–1964-1970 (Industrial Arts teacher - Hutchinson Central Technical School, named Vice Principal of Seneca Vocational High School)
 * Mr. Jack S. Saccomando
 * Mr. Daniel Krzesinski
 * Mr. William J. Losel
 * Mr. William F. Riley–1988-2007 (Assistant Principal - Buffalo Alternative High School, retired)
 * Ms. Theresa Pope
 * Mrs. Patricia D. Preston (Math teacher - McKinley Vocational High School, named Assistant Principal of Buffalo Vocational Technical Center)
 * Mr. Larry Hunley–2002-2005 (Assistant Principal - Buffalo Vocational Technical Center, placed on sick leave and named Assistant Principal of Seneca Vocational High School)
 * Mr. Gary M. Tydus–?-2005 (unknown, named Assistant Principal of East High School)
 * Ms. Noami Cerre–?-2004 (Special Education teacher - Buffalo Public Schools, named Assistant Principal of Grover Cleveland High School)
 * Ms. Judy Covington–2004-2005 (Assistant Principal - Waterfront Elementary, named Assistant Principal of Academy School 131)
 * Mrs. Phyllis F. Morrell–2007-2008 (Principal - Stanton Academy, named Principal of Lafayette High School)
 * Mr. Gary Tydus–2006-2010 (Assistant Principal - East High School, retired)
 * Ms. Naomi Cerre–2010-2011 (Assistant Principal - East High School, named Interim Principal of Lafayette High School)

Academics
McKinley offers Regents level courses as required by New York State. McKinley's curriculum includes a career and technical component in classes such as Advertising Art, Aquatic Ecology, Horticulture, Machine Tool Technology, Printing, and four Building Trades: Electrical Technology, Carpentry, Plumbing, and Sheet Metal Technology.