Buffalo Elementary School of Technology is an elementary school located in Buffalo, New York. It is located at 414 South Division Street in Buffalo and serves Grades K through 8. the acting principal is Karen Piotrowski. The previous principal, Sharon Brown, was transferred.HistoryThe school was established in 1839 as P.S. 6. In 1977 the school became one of the first magnet schools in the city and was renamed the "Academic Challenge Center." In 1997 the school was renamed "Buffalo Elementary School of Technology" in response to the school adopting a program that would integrate technology use into all subject areas.Former principalsPrevious assignment and reason for departure denoted in parentheses Mary CaldwellS.G. LoveEphraim F. CookSamuel SladeHenry H. RogersWilliam D. FisherThomas W. ConnorsGordon H. HigginsPhilip W. PattiDavid M. HansenJane CunninghamPaul LafornaraEdith JamesMarion Canedo - ?-1991Bernice T. Richardson - 1991-1995 (Director - Liberty Partnership Program at Buffalo State College, placed on leave)Nathaniel McCrea - 1995-2007 (Assistant Principal - Frederick Law Olmsted 64, placed on assignment)Debra Sellivan-Pores - 2007-2011 (Assistant Principal - International School 45, named Principal of West Hertel Academy)Sharon Brown - 2011-2014 (Principal - West Hertel Academy, named Principal of D'Youville Porter Campus School)
