Riverpoint Academy

Riverpoint Academy (RA) is a four-year high school operated by the Mead School District, Spokane, Washington, United States.[2][3] Riverpoint is a STEM School, with an enrollment of about 200 students.

Riverpoint Academy
Address
11008 N Newport Hwy

Spokane
,
Washington
99218

United States
Coordinates47.7577°N 117.3930°W / 47.7577; -117.3930
Information
School districtMead S.D. (#354)
PrincipalMoleena Harris
Faculty19
Teaching staff20.33 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment170 (2017-18)[1]
Student to teacher ratio8.36[1]
Websiteriverpoint.mead354.org

The school was established in 2012 with 75 students on the then-named Riverpoint Campus (its namesake) near Downtown Spokane[4] with the vision of harnessing the synergies created with the university community, including access to university libraries, some college-level classes taught by university faculty, and mentors from the local business community.[5]

The school occupied space in the then-named Innovate Washington Building, originally the SIRTI Building,[5] and remained there for one year, before outgrowing the space and relocating to its current location within school district's attendance boundaries in the fall of 2013.[6]

On May 7, 2019, the Mead School Board approved $11.3 million in budget cuts resulting in a temporary two-year suspension, and soon thereafter, a permeant shutdown of Riverpoint Academy.[7] The budget cuts were said to be related to budget shortfalls created by the abrupt effects of the McCleary Decision that affected many school districts in Washington.

References
  1. "Riverpoint Academy". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
  2. "Riverpoint Academy". Spokesman.com. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
  3. "Appendix C. Innovative Schools in Washington: What Lessons Can Be Learned? School Summaries, Demographics, and Outcomes" (PDF). Washington State Institute for Public Policy. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
  4. "Introducing Riverpoint Academy". Mead School District. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  5. Hval, Cindy (September 20, 2012). "Riverpoint Academy has technology at core". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
  6. "Riverpoint Academy Moves to New Home". Mead School District. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  7. "Mead School Board cuts alternative school, suspends Riverpoint, but staff layoffs still under review | The Spokesman-Review". www.spokesman.com. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
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