Bennett High School (Buffalo, New York)
- Bennett High School (Buffalo, New York)
Bennett High School, Public School 200, is located in the University Heights section of Buffalo, New York.
Facts
* Bennett High School is a public school.
* Address: 2885 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214
* District: Buffalo City School District
* Colors: Blue, Orange
* Grades: 9-12
* Enrollment: 1111
* Bennett High School was built in the 1920s
* It has four stories with convert|270000|sqft|m2
* It is named for Lewis J. Bennett, who donated the land for the school and for All High Stadium. Portions of the movie "The Natural" were filmed in All High Stadium, although it was filmed as Wrigley Field.
Notable alumni
* Rich Products Corporation founder Robert E. Rich, Sr. was the starting center for the Bennett High School football team which lost the 1930 [http://www.harvardcup.com/archive.asp Harvard Cup] to South Park 13–2.
* Sorrell Booke, who played Boss Hogg in the "Dukes of Hazard" TV show was a 1948 Bennett grad.
* 1961 graduate Michael Bennett, who wrote the Broadway musical "A Chorus Line" changed his name when he went to Broadway to that of his high school.Fact|date=August 2008
* Basketball Hall of Famer Bob Lanier graduated from Bennett in 1966
* Funk superstar Rick James was in the Bennett High School Band.
* Fashion model Beverly Johnson was a graduate of Bennett High School.
References
* [http://www.buffaloschools.org/Schools/School.aspx?SID=558 Buffalo Public Schools] homepage
* [http://uci.buffalo.edu/UCI/University_Community_Neighborhoods/UnivHeights/BennettHigh.htm BHS university community page]
* [http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004/08/15/news/state/19_28_058_14_04.txt "Thousands say goodbye to 'Super Freak' singer Rick James"] article from the August 14, 2004 "North County Times"
* [http://www.lpciminelli.com/site/bps200 BHS renovation project] to add additional convert|30000|sqft|m2 of space
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