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Recovery School District (RSD) is a special statewide school district administered by the Louisiana Department of Education.Created by legislation passed in 2003, the RSD is designed to take underperforming schools and transform and make them effective in educating children.
As a result of legislation passed by the state in November 2005, 102 of the city's worst-performing public schools were transferred to the Recovery School District (RSD), which is operated by the Louisiana Department of Education and was headed for a key period (2008-2011) by education leader Paul Vallas. The Recovery School District had been ...
The school originally opened as George Washington Carver Senior High School in 1961. [3] It was a public high school operated by New Orleans Public Schools, then Recovery School District starting in 2005. [4] Prior to Hurricane Katrina the school had about 1,300 students.
Paul Gust Vallas Sr. (VAL-iss; [1] born June 10, 1953) is an American politician and former education superintendent.He served as the superintendent of the Bridgeport Public Schools in Connecticut and the Recovery School District of Louisiana, the CEO of both the School District of Philadelphia and the Chicago Public Schools, and a budget director for the city of Chicago.
Sophie B. Wright Charter School opened in 2007 as part of the Recovery School District. [5] It serves students in grades 6-12. Beginning in 2013 James Weldon Johnson Elementary School in Carrollton temporarily served as space for Wright. [6] In 2016 the renovations at Wright's permanent building were completed and Wright moved back in. [7]
The Recovery School District (RSD) was established in 2003 by the Louisiana Legislature as a means for the state to take over low-performing public schools. Since the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the RSD has chartered out all of its schools, and approximately 92% of students in New Orleans attend charter schools. The schools that ...
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The school's building was built in 1937 and was previously the L. E. Rabouin Memorial Trades School, later named the L. E. Rabouin Vocational High School and then L. E. Rabouin Career Magnet School. The Louisiana Recovery School District took over managing the building and former school after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.