Julia Richmond Complex,
New York City, NY

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• Initially a failing, aging school with 3,000 students and a graduation rate of just 33%
• Converted in three years – 94-96 – graduating the then existing students and phasing in four new high schools and an elementary and pre school
• Vanguard High School - A typical high school course of study and organizational structure – 400 students
• Manhattan International High School - Designed for students with limited fluency in English – 310 students
• Talent Unlimited Performing Arts High School - A specialty school that also offers basic courses – 400 students
• Urban Academy – Rigorous college oriented curriculum - 120
• Special education junior high school designed for severely autistic children.
• Ella Baker Elementary School - An elementary school for children of employees of hospitals in the neighborhood.
• All schools have physically separate class space
• Some Shared spaces for gymnasiums, library, science lab, etc.
• AP courses taken at local community college
• Overall academic results are vastly improved from pre-conversion