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Bennett High School was built in 1923 (cornerstone laid on
November 15, 1923), opened on September 8, 1925 and was dedicated on November 24, 1925. It has four stories with 270,000 square feet (25,000 m). It is named after Lewis J. Bennett, who donated the land for the school and for
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Buffalo Board of Education worked cooperatively to bring a dramatic change to the curriculum at Bennett. In 2017, the last class of students in the original Bennett programs graduated. At the same time a new program was put into place, the
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360:(b. 1949), James B. Duke Professor of English, Professor of Law, Duke University. Dean, Humanities & Social Sciences. Was Karla Clapp at Bennett, led debate team to statewide championship.
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The school was renovated in the summer of 2005 and the summer of 2006. During this time, some students were housed at
Bennett while others were housed at nearby School 63 on Minnesota Avenue.
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397:(1948 – 2022), Basketball Hall of Famer, graduated from Bennett in 1966
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PS 18 Dr. Antonia
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Now called Lewis J. Bennett High School of
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dropped his last name, DiFiglia, when he went to
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programs: the Academy of International Law (similar to
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