Roosevelt Union Free School District

Roosevelt Union Free School District (RUFSD) is a public school district in the hamlet of Roosevelt in the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York.

As of 2007 it was the only school district in New York to ever be taken over by the state.[1] However, in 2013, the state gave control back to the district.[2]

Schools

Secondary schools

Roosevelt High School
Roosevelt Middle School

Primary schools

Ulysses Byas Elementary School

Centennial Avenue Elementary School
Washington Rose Elementary School

Alternative schools

New Horizons Alternative Education Program

References

Hu, Winnie. "Transition Leader Is Named for Ailing Roosevelt Schools", The New York Times, May 22, 2007. Accessed October 29, 2007. "The Roosevelt district, which is in Nassau County and has 2,800 students, is the only one of the state’s more than 700 school systems to be directly overseen by state education officials, who intervened because of financial problems and poor student performance."
"Troubled Roosevelt school takeover ends". Newsday. Retrieved 2020-08-18.

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[1] Hu, Winnie. "Transition Leader Is Named for Ailing Roosevelt Schools", The New York Times, May 22, 2007. Accessed October 29, 2007. "The Roosevelt district, which is in Nassau County and has 2,800 students, is the only one of the state’s more than 700 school systems to be directly overseen by state education officials, who intervened because of financial problems and poor student performance."

[2] "Troubled Roosevelt school takeover ends". Newsday. Retrieved 2020-08-18.