Recovery School District

Recovery School District
Location
United States
District information
TypePublic
MottoExcellence.Equity.Community.
GradesPre-K–12
Established2003 (2003)
SuperintendentPatrick Dobard
NCES District ID2200054[1]
Other information
Websitewww.rsdla.net

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.

While the majority of RSD-supervised schools were within New Orleans and were largely under the administration of the Orleans Parish School Board pre-Katrina, the RSD has also taken over schools in East Baton Rouge, Caddo and Pointe Coupee parishes, reflecting its statewide authority and full name, the Recovery School District of Louisiana (RSDLA).[2] As of 2012 it was the fifth largest school district in Louisiana by student population.[3] Orleans parish schools returned the OPSB in 2018.

The Recovery School District's supervisory board is Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE). The RSD has two offices, the one in New Orleans serves schools in Greater New Orleans and the one in Baton Rouge serves other areas.[4]

  1. ^ "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Recovery School District-LDE". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
  2. ^ Recovery School District Frequently Asked Questions.
  3. ^ "New State Superintendent of Education named." (Archive) KATC-TV. January 11, 2012. Retrieved on July 9, 2013. "Based on student population, the RSD is the fifth largest school district in Louisiana, although the state-run school district provides direct or indirect oversight to 79 of the state's most challenging schools in five parishes; schools are transferred to the RSD after failing to meet the state's minimum performance score for four consecutive years."
  4. ^ "Contact." Recovery School District. Retrieved on March 16, 2013.