Julia Richman High School
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Julia Richman High School is a defunct comprehensive high school
in Manhattan, New York.
Built in 1923 and located at East 67th Street and Second Avenue, the building was the only public high school in the Upper East Side
of New York. The school is named after Julia Richman, the first woman district superintendent of schools in New York City. For much of the school's history it was a girl's high school; it changed to co-educational in 1967.
In 1995, after years of academic decline, the city reorganized the school into six separately functioning small schools
within a building renamed as the Julia Richman Educational Complex.
Hunter College (City University of New York)
is anticipated to acquire the school site. Schools chancellor Joel Klein
has joined this effort. Community members and local elected officials, including city council member Jessica Lappin
and State Senator Liz Krueger
, have formally voiced their opposition to the plan, saying that "a preference by one CUNY school for expansion convenient to its existing campus is simply not a sufficient rationale" to "uproot six outstanding public schools." Hunter College seeks to build a science tower on the site of the school. In 2007, Hunter College offered the Julia Richman Education Complex one of its properties at East 25th Street. Under the plan, the JREC schools would temporarily relocate to a site near the East River Drive while Hunter builds a new site for JREC.
The New York City schools now operating at the Julia Richman campus are:
Comprehensive high school
Comprehensive high schools are the most common form of public high schools in the United States and are meant to serve the needs of all students, as compared to the common practice in other nations in which examinations are used to sort students into different high schools for different populations...
in Manhattan, New York.
Built in 1923 and located at East 67th Street and Second Avenue, the building was the only public high school in the Upper East Side
Upper East Side
The Upper East Side is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, between Central Park and the East River. The Upper East Side lies within an area bounded by 59th Street to 96th Street, and the East River to Fifth Avenue-Central Park...
of New York. The school is named after Julia Richman, the first woman district superintendent of schools in New York City. For much of the school's history it was a girl's high school; it changed to co-educational in 1967.
In 1995, after years of academic decline, the city reorganized the school into six separately functioning small schools
Small schools movement
The small schools movement, also known as the Small Schools Initiative, in the United States of America holds that many high schools are too large and should be reorganized into smaller, autonomous schools of no more than 400 students, and optimally under 200. Many private schools of under 200...
within a building renamed as the Julia Richman Educational Complex.
Hunter College (City University of New York)
Hunter College
Hunter College, established in 1870, is a public university and one of the constituent colleges of the City University of New York, located on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Hunter grants undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate degrees in more than one hundred fields of study, and is recognized...
is anticipated to acquire the school site. Schools chancellor Joel Klein
Joel Klein
Joel Irwin Klein was Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, the largest public school system in the United States, serving more than 1.1 million students in more than 1,600 schools...
has joined this effort. Community members and local elected officials, including city council member Jessica Lappin
Jessica Lappin
Jessica S. Lappin is a Democratic New York City Councilwoman representing the 5th District of Manhattan, which includes the Upper East Side and Roosevelt Island...
and State Senator Liz Krueger
Liz Krueger
Liz Krueger is a member of the New York State Senate, representing a district on the East Side of Manhattan.She was first elected in February 2002 during a special election. Krueger is the ranking member on the Senate Finance Committee. She was Chairwoman of NY's Democratic Senate Campaign...
, have formally voiced their opposition to the plan, saying that "a preference by one CUNY school for expansion convenient to its existing campus is simply not a sufficient rationale" to "uproot six outstanding public schools." Hunter College seeks to build a science tower on the site of the school. In 2007, Hunter College offered the Julia Richman Education Complex one of its properties at East 25th Street. Under the plan, the JREC schools would temporarily relocate to a site near the East River Drive while Hunter builds a new site for JREC.
The New York City schools now operating at the Julia Richman campus are:
- Manhattan International High School
- Talent Unlimited High School
- Vanguard High School
Alumni of Julia Richman High School
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- Sondra LiptonSondra LiptonSondra Lipton is a former fashion model from New York City, whofound a second career as a painter.-Dancer:She attended Julia Richman High School and the School of American Ballet founded by George Balanchine. While a pupil of ballet she danced in several Broadway shows...
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External links
- Website for successor Julia Richman Educational Complex
- Page to preserve site
- Alumni page
- Alumni noted in "New York Times", 1963
- NYC Department of Education: Manhattan International High School
- NYC Department of Education: Talent Unlimited High School
- NYC Department of Education: Vanguard High School