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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.
The complex known today as the Julia Richman Education Complex was built in 1923 as an all-girls commercial high school. The school's massive five-story, U-shaped building and annex take up an entire city block between First and Second Avenues.
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Sep 19, 2016 · But the high school at 67th and Second, Julia Richman, did not share in the neighborhood’s prosperity and opportunity. Rather, it was considered one of the worst schools in the city —so dysfunctional and violent that veteran educators nicknamed it “Julia Rikers.”
