named Director of Foreign Languages of Buffalo Public Schools) Ms. Robin L. Hahn–2000-2001 (SURR Coordinator - Grover Cleveland High School, named Assistant Principal of Leonardo da Vinci High School) Mr. Albert T. Ventresca–2001-2004 (Business teacher - Grover Cleveland High School, retired) Ms. Kathleen A. Vitagliano–?-2003 (English teacher - Kensington Prep, named Principal of 171 Middle School) Mr. Carlos J. Villarroel–2002-2003 (Assistant Principal - Kensington High School, named Assistant Principal of Burgard Vocational High School) Ms. Mary A. Craig–2003-2004 (Assistant Principal - Burgard Vocational High School, retired) Mrs. Naomi R. Cerre–2004-2005 (Assistant Principal - McKinley Vocational High School, named Assistant Principal of East High School) Dr. Jose G. Rivera–2004-2008 (Assistant Principal - West Hertel Academy, retired) Dr. Eileen Czarnecki–2004-2005 (Principal - South Park High School, named Assistant Principal of Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts) Ms. Wendy L. Richards–2005-2007 (Assistant Principal - Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts, named Principal of North Tonawanda Middle School) Mr. Rafael A. Mercado–2007-2010 (Assistant Principal - Dr. Antonia Pantoja Community School of Excellence, named Assistant Principal of Academy School 131 @ 44) Ms. Denise McMichael-Houston–2008-2009 (Assistant Principal - Buffalo Elementary School of Technology, named Assistant Principal of Dr. Charles R. Drew Science Magnet) Selected former administrators *Denotes interim appointment Notable alumni Joel Giambra - Former Erie County, New York executive Altemio Sanchez - The Bike Path Rapist Steven Means - Defensive end in the National Football League Robert SanGeorge - former United Nations official, global campaigner for human rights and the environment. Notable faculty Michael Masecchia – former teacher, and a identified associate of the Buffalo crime family. On August 23, 2019 FBI and HSI agents searched Grover Cleveland High School teacher Michael Masecchia’s home where they found homemade explosives, stolen firearms, and narcotics as part of an ongoing investigation into organized crime and public corruption. A criminal complaint identified Masecchia as a drug dealer who has a 20-year history of growing and distributing large amounts of marijuana. On September 22, 2020 a grand jury indictment identified Masecchia as “member or associate of ‘Italian Organized Crime’” and indicated he had been described by law enforcement as “an associate and possibly a made member of the Buffalo LCN family.” At the center of the indictment is the allegation that Masecchia bribed DEA Agent Joseph Bongiovanni to block investigations into himself and others believed to be tied into the local mafia. Masecchia “was the target