Dr. Lydia T. Wright School of Excellence

Dr. Lydia T. Wright School of Excellence is an elementary school serving the East Side of Buffalo, New York. located at 106 Appenheimer Street and serves Grades PreK through 8. The current principal is Dr. Tonya Chavers, and the current assistant principals are Mr. Cameron Hall and Ms. Carolyn Flattery.HistoryThe school opened in 1961 as "Fillmore Middle School". In 1977 it became "Campus East School". It was renamed in 2000 for Dr. Lydia Wright, the first African-American pediatrician in Buffalo and member of the Buffalo Board of EducationFormer principalsPrevious assignment and reason for departure denoted in parentheses Morris Raiken - 1961-1969 Anthony D. Vetrano - 1969-1974 Gerald H. Hesson - 1974-1977 Lillian G. Kozminski - 1977-1980 Priscilla Niedermeyer-Hammond - 1980-1995 Victor Filadora - 1995-2000 Mary Jo Conrad - 2000-2011 Phyllis Fatima Morrell - 2011-2013