Junior High School) Michael J. Anelli – 1980-1995 (Principal - Riverside High School, retired) Paul A. Lafornara – 1995-2000 (Principal - South Park High School, retired) Catherine F. Battaglia – 2000-2005 (Staff Developer - Niagara Falls City School District, named Community Superintendent for Buffalo Public Schools) 2007 human remains found In anticipation of the school reconstruction project, workers dug exploratory shafts in December 2007. This was done because the school building had been built on the site of an old potter's field and there was concern that not all remains had been moved when the school was originally built. Crews found the skeletal remains of two adults and one infant. At that time, those remains were moved to Forest Lawn Cemetery. In May 2008, digging resumed and many more human remains were found. All remains in the reconstruction areas have been removed. They were examined at Utica College and were sent to Forest Lawn for re-interment. Sports City Honors students participate in a wide variety of varsity and club sports, including baseball, men's and women's basketball, bowling, cheerleading, men's and women's crew, men's and women's cross country, men's hockey, men's and women's rugby, men's and women's soccer, women's softball, men's and women's swim team, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's track & field, and women's volleyball. The men's basketball team won the New York State Class C Championship in 2003, defeating Cooperstown 66–59. In 2002, the team went to the title game but lost to Blind Brook 57–49. From 1990 to 1993, the women's volleyball team won four straight New York State Class C Championships. City Honors was the first public school in western New York with its own rowing program. Founded in 1996, the men's and women's crew teams have consistently been amon the top teams in the nation, winning several state championships and even a national championship over the last few years. The team has also won medals in several regional regattas, and has participated in the prestigious Stotesbury Cup. Independently of City Honors Crew, members of the team have had success in the Royal Canadian Henley Regatta and the US Rowing Nationals, and one member even made it to the Junior National team. Former City Honors physical education teacher Drake Francescone — who coached women's softball, men's basketball, women's volleyball, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's swimming, and men's and women's tennis — is