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Charter Schools in New Orleans STARTING POINT Metro area schools press on despite obstacles Open House – Thursday, November 7 • 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. Join us in the Fall – School Day Tours Information Nights • Crusader Discovery Night • Jr. High Band Night Brother Martin High School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies. Stuart Hall School for Boys WHERE GOOD BOYS Open House dates BECOME GREAT MEN October 16, 2019 • January 16, 2020 9:00 a.m. Fall Open House: PK3-7th Grade Wednesday, October 23 | 8:30am 2032 S. Carrollton | NOLA 70118 861-1954 | stuarthall.org Financial assistance available. Stuart Hall School is open to all qualified boys regardless of race, color, religion, national, or ethnic origin. ngs From Greet gin’’ CCaajjuunns HHoommee ooff tthhee RRaagin s At the University of Louisiana at Lafayette®, you can pursue your passion. 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Geaux Cajuns Louisiana.eduLouisiana.edu Table of Contents INSIDE: Charter Schools ......................... 6 St. Tammany Parish ................. 28 Orleans Parish .......................... 10 St. Bernard Parish .................... 30 Jeff erson Parish ....................... 12 River Parishes ........................... 32 Private Schools ........................ 14 Colleges and Universities ......... 34 LISTS: Publisher/Senior Vice President Lisa Blossman Charter Schools ...........................8 Four-year colleges .................... 36 [email protected] Private Elementary .................... 16 Two-year colleges ..................... 39 293-9226 Private Secondary ..................... 22 Editor Natalie Chandler [email protected] Introduction 293-9255 Managing Editor /Custom Publishing: Area schools focus on success after years Lance Traweek [email protected] of obstacles 293-9254 cademia in southeast After 14 years, St. Bernard Market Researcher Louisiana has pushed for- Jessica Greenlee Maldonado Parish Public Schools has com- ward by partnering with [email protected] A pleted over $300 million in re- 293-9273 industry and upgrading facili- construction projects to rebuild ties – all in an e ort to improve schools damaged by Hurricane Multimedia grades and prepare students for Katrina in 2005. Advertising Executive a future beyond the classroom. Coco Evans Judd In the River Parishes, Ken [email protected] Educational o cials nation- Oertling prepares to lead 293-9288 wide are watching New Orleans 10,000 students at 15 schools as as it’s the fi rst U.S. city to have the new superintendent of St. Article reprints basically all of its public schools Lance Traweek Charles Parish Public Schools. Lisa Arnold now run by charter organiza- [email protected] Oertling took over in July upon tions. Area private schools have 717-323-5213 the retirement of superinten- In Orleans Parish, school ac- been focused on improving of- dent Felicia Gomez-Walker. Designer countability was said to be a ferings for students with disabil- And New Orleans universities Heather Heater major priority by superinten- ities, partnering with industry on dent Henderson Lewis when the career-readiness programs and are experiencing increased en- Ad Production rollment fi gures, devoting more Jordan Mazuranic OPSB took back control of 78 renovating several school facili- public schools on July 1, 2018. ties. resources to partnerships and ADMINISTRATION Since then, Lewis has closed the In May in St. Tammany Parish, working with industry to accom- Director of Operations schools that did not perform up parish voters approved a 2-mill plish workforce demands. Gina Brignac to state standards. property tax for permanent se- Look deeper into these topics O ce Coordinator and more by perusing the fol- Marilyn Miller In Je erson Parish, nearly a curity funding at the system’s year after Cade Brumley be- 55 public schools, and also ap- lowing pages as the 2019-2020 PUBLISHED BY came superintendent of the proved a $175 million bond issue school year begins. NEW ORLEANS public school system, he re- to replace the system’s oldest PUBLISHING GROUP LLC Managing editor Lance Traweek 3350 Ridgelake Drive, Suite 281 leased a fi ve-year plan that sets modular classrooms and pro- Metairie, LA 70002 major target goals and pros- vide technology upgrades at 16 can be reached at 293-9254 or Phone: 834-9292 pects for the school system. schools. [email protected]. 4 • NEW ORLEANS CITYBUSINESS OPEN HOUSE HIGH SCHOOL - OCTOBER 24 | ELEMENTARY - OCTOBER 25 Toddler 1 through 12th Grade uanola.org | 504.866.5292 All qualified students admitted regardless of race, color, creed, national or ethnic origin. Community building “should be built by the community. KYLE CULVERHOUSE, President CORE Louisiana ” 3131 N. I-10 Service Rd. East, #401 Metairie, LA 70002 504.733.2212 COREconstruction.com Chalmette High School USUS eyeseyes NewNew OrleansOrleans asas publicpublic chartercharter pioneerpioneer Tommy Santora Contributing Writer he rest of the nation is paying close attention to New Orleans, the first U.S. city to have virtually Tall of its public schools now run by charter or- ganizations. In December 2018, the Orleans Parish School Board chose InspireNOLA Charter Schools, which operates seven schools and close to 5,000 students in New Orleans, to be the operator of McDonogh 35 Senior High School (now McDonogh 35 College Preparato- ry High School). InspireNOLA was awarded a short- term operator contract to teach the school’s 10th, 11th and 12th graders, approximately 450 total students. McDonogh 35 has an overall ‘D’ grade. The takeover, combined with both Cypress Acad- emy and Edgar P. Harney Spirit of Excellence Acad- emy closing at the end of 2018-2019, translates into 47,950 of the 48,000 public school students enrolled in schools run by a charter organization. The nonprofit Travis Hill Schools teaches the remaining 50 students under the jurisdiction of the New Orleans Juvenile Detention Center and Orleans Justice Center. More than 90,000 students are represented by 156 charter schools in Louisiana. “School accountability is a priority for our system, and we are hoping that successful charter operators already present within our city can combine with a uni- fied school system to revive our struggling schools,” said Orleans Parish School Board superintendent Henderson Lewis. Kindergarten students at Dwight D. Eisenhower interact with their teacher In July 2018, the OPSB took back control of 78 pub- as she teaches a lesson. Photo courtesy InspireNOLA Schools lic schools. 6 • NEW ORLEANS CITYBUSINESS “We worked hard for about 18 months Schools, founded in 2005 following Hur- prior to the unification date so that when ricane Katrina. GNOCCS is a collabo- schools returned to OPSB oversight, rative network of 12 charter schools, in- there was a seamless transition,” he said. cluding Audubon Charter, where Brown “We have created an effective account- serves as principal. ability framework from the system’s per- “The OPSB has used our feedback to spective, but still work hard to provide revise policies and practices – such as the necessary resources to our schools advanced training for board members, and also enable charter leaders to have evolution of superintendent advisory enough local control to ensure their stu- councils, consideration of our financial dents are successful.” resources and resolving a big issue we Overall, Orleans Parish public schools had – pickup times for school buses.” received a ‘C’ letter grade from the Beginning this school year, 6:05 a.m. is state’s performance system for the 2017- the earliest time buses can pick up stu- 2018 school year. Seven Orleans Parish dents, an amendment approved by the schools received an ‘A;’ 11 received a ‘B;’ OPSB in October 2018. Brown said the 32 received a ‘C;’ 18 received a ‘D’ and 15 Superintendent’s Parent Advisory Coun- received an ‘F.’ cil raised concerns on transportation The OPSB has the power to renew times following the release of a study by or revoke charters based on the charter Tulane University’s Education Research group’s academic and financial perfor- Alliance for New Orleans that report- A Dwight D. Eisenhower Special Educa- tion teacher engages with his students mance. But charter schools also value ed one in four students ride buses for on a lesson about animals. accountability and independence as at least 50 minutes, and all for an aver- Photo courtesy InspireNOLA Schools they are run by a nonprofit community age of 35 minutes. Charter school lead- board, authorized by an elected board, ers projected to spend anywhere from and boards and charter school adminis- $50,000 to $156,000 for an additional trators are free to make decisions about bus if the proposed policy prohibited staffing, curriculum and other factors to pick up times before 6:10 a.m. meet the needs of students. “That decision respected the unnec- “We have definitely noticed a focus on essary financial burden that could have collaboration between charter schools been placed on schools,” Brown said. and the OPSB, and the system has lis- “It’s a safer situation for our kids, and an tened to our issues and priorities,” said example of the OPSB respecting charter Latoye Brown, president of the Greater autonomy and responding to the greater New Orleans Collaborative of Charter overall needs of our school community.” A veteran Science teacher explains how to properly clamp a beaker A teacher reads with a kindergarten student at Alice M.
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