River Oaks Academy is a private school at 10600 Richmond Avenue in the
Westchase district of
Houston
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,
Texas
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,
United States
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. The school covers grades Kindergarten through 12.
History
The school opened in 1988.
In the 1990s, after voters rejected a
Houston Independent School District
The Houston Independent School District (HISD) is the largest public school system in Texas, and the eighth-largest in the United States. Houston ISD serves as a community school district for most of the city of Houston and several nearby and ...
$390 million bond package, superintendent
Rod Paige
Roderick Raynor Paige (born June 17, 1933) served as the 7th United States Secretary of Education from 2001 to 2005. Paige, who grew up in Mississippi, moved from college football coach and classroom teacher to college dean and school superinten ...
contracted with River Oaks Academy, the
Varnett School
The Varnett Public School is a state charter school network headquartered in the Varnett School Southwest Campus in Houston, Texas. The system has four campuses with more than 1,600 students. The school was founded as a private school in 1984 and ...
, and
Wonderland School
Wonderland Avenue Elementary School is a public elementary school in the Laurel Canyon neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Ranked one of the best elementary schools in California, Wonderland is known for its gifted magnet program and high num ...
to house 250 students who could not be placed in HISD schools. The schools were paid $3,565 per student. This was 10% lower than the district's own per pupil cost.
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Alternatives House Student Overflow
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'' at the ''Lakeland Ledger
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''. Friday October 3, 1997. A9. Retrieved on November 22, 2011.
See also
References
External links
River Oaks Academy
Private K-12 schools in Houston
Educational institutions established in 1988
1988 establishments in Texas
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