page_title: Dr. Charles R. Drew Science Magnet
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Dr. Charles R. Drew Science Magnet / History
caption_attribution_description: English: PS 24 775 Best Street Buffalo, NY 14211
context_page_description: Dr. Charles E. Drew Science Magnet is an elementary magnet school in Buffalo, New York. It serves Grades 3 through 8 and is located at 1 Martin Luther King Jr. Park, Buffalo, NY. The current principal is Dr. Mirlene Dere.
context_section_description: The Science Magnet was formed in the mid-1970s and housed at the former School 24. The Museum Site was constructed in the late 1980s and opened to students in 1990. The school originally housed Grades K through 6 before opening its satellites and switching to Grades 3 through 8. Grades 7 and 8 were housed at the Buffalo Zoo.
  The School 24 site was closed in 2002, and the Zoo site in 2011. Beginning in Fall 2012, the school's museum site underwent renovations. The school was housed at the former Poplar Academy School on Poplar Avenue until 2014.
caption: School 24, the Science Magnet's first building.
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