One of six small schools in the Theodore Roosevelt Educational Complex, Fordham Leadership Academy for Business and Technology offers a few students paid internships at a corporate bank branch located on the building's first floor. The school, which mostly serves students with poor academic skills, has struggled with low attendance and graduation rates since its founding in 2002.

In 2012, the city decided to close the school, rename it and replace half of its staff in order to make it eligible for a federal grant called “turnaround.” Mary Ann Tucker, who became principal in 2011, was expected to stay on as principal at the new school, as were the current students.

Tucker replaced Principal Richard Bost, who was removed for poor performance. Tucker was formerly a teacher and the assistant principal at Walton High School and principal of Bronx Coalition Community School, a small school in the Monroe Educational Complex which was closed in 2011.

In the past, the school has offered classes in accounting and business entrepreneurship. Eleventh and 12^th graders have taken a "virtual entrepreneurship" class, sitting in cubicles while they create and manage mock businesses.

The school also provides a select group of 11 seniors have worked three days per week as tellers and personal bankers at the Capitol One bank branch on the first floor. Another 80 students worked with mentors from JP Morgan-Chase bank.

The school shares two swimming pools, a weight room, a cardio room, and a shiny gym with an elevated track with other schools in the building.

Special education: About 46 students receive services in self-contained classrooms.

Admissions: Educational option. (Vanessa Witenko, September 2008, updated by Clara Hemphill, 2012)