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Named after the district superintendent of schools, Julia Richman, it houses six autonomous small schools for approximately 1,800 Pre-K through 12th grade students in the former building of Julia Richman High School, a comprehensive high school that operated until 1995.
In 1995, Julia Richman High School graduated its last class, creating space for smaller schools to occupy the newly renamed Julia Richman Education Complex (JREC -- pronounced "jay-rec"). Under a memorandum of understanding with the City, Urban Academy became the lead school in the new complex.
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The Julia Richman Educational Complex houses an elementary school, a middle school, four high schools, an infant toddler center for children of teen parents, and a teacher center. Service is an important feature of this diverse, multi-generational community, so students volunteer their time to help out in the other schools and centers.
Julia Richman (1855-1912) was the first woman district superintendent of schools in the City of New York. Her innovations, leadership and curriculum brought an entire new dimension to public school education at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Jan 21, 2004 · In the mid-1990's, Julia Richman High was a big bad Manhattan public school, overcrowded and plagued by violence until a group of innovative educators took over, divided the building into...
Mar 22, 1995 · The high school, built in 1927 as an elite all-girls’ public school, is being reincarnated. In its previous life, Julia Richman had deteriorated into a last-resort school, with graffiti...
Feb 8, 2005 · Built in 1923, Julia Richman (named after the city's first woman district superintendent of schools) was a thriving all-girls high school for fifty years. It began to flounder in the mid-'70s, battered by budget cuts, overcrowding, low student achievement, and crime.
Sep 19, 2016 · Julia Richman was split into six learning communities, an innovation that transformed the school and helped lead a broader movement for small schools that attracted the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which hailed such environments as the future of high school in America.
Julia Richman Education Complex, Formerly Julia Richman High School Pages in category "Julia Richman Education Complex alumni" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
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