Leonardo da Vinci High School is a high school in the lower west side of Buffalo, New York. There are 400 students enrolled in da Vinci spanning grades 9-12. The high school building is located on the D'Youville College campus. The school located at 320 Porter Avenue and serves Grades 9 through 12. Mr. Gregory Lodinksy is the current acting principal, and Mrs. Lisa Santos-Trode is the current acting vice principal.HistoryLeonardo da Vinci was originally housed on the 4th Floor of the Kavinoky Theater Building on the D'Youville College Campus and shared space with the Grover Cleveland High School for electives. Currently, the school is housed solely at the former Madonna Hall building on the D'Youville campus. Students who attend DaVinci have the opportunity to take college credit-bearing classes from D'Youville.Former principalsPrevious assignment and reason for departure denoted in parentheses Mr. Ronald J. Meer - 1987-1992 (Principal - McKinley Vocational High School, named Principal of Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts)Mr. Benjamin L. Randle, Jr. - 1992-1998 (Principal of Grover Cleveland High School, returned to Grover Cleveland)Mrs. Patricia A. Preston - 1998-2010 (Assistant Principal - Leonardo da Vinci High School, retired)Mr. Michael J. O'Brien - 2010-2012 (Principal - William J. Grabiarz School of Excellence, retired)Mrs. Florence S. Krieter - 2012-2016 (Director of Secondary Turnaround - Buffalo Public Schools, placed on leave)
