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TURCHIN STADIUM, TULANE UNIVERSITY SIZELER THOMPSON BROWN, DESIGN Education Guide 2009 3A Introduction EDUCATION Districts GUIDE 2009 get creative INSIDE as budgets Archdiocese 4A Charter schools 5A Publisher: D. Mark Singletary are sliced Colleges and universities 6A Associate Publisher: Lisa Blossman Jefferson Parish 8A Managing Editor: Greg LaRose News Editor: Christian Moises Orleans Parish 9A Associate Editor: Autumn C. Giusti River Parishes 10A Art Director: Lisa Finnan Just as schools throughout Cover illustration: Alex Borges the region were starting to St. Bernard Parish 11A Account Executive: Peggy Bruce shift their focus away from Production Manager: Julie Bernard Hurricane Katrina recov- St. Tammany Parish 13A ery to the future, the reces- Published by New Orleans Publishing Group LLC sion and budget cuts have created a new dilem- LISTS: 111 Veterans Memorial Blvd. ma for education officials. Suite 1440 Cutbacks were most severe for public col- Private elementary schools 16A Metairie, La. 70005 leges and universities, which challenged the 834-9292; fax: 837-2258 state Legislature not to chop away so deeply at Private secondary schools 20A their budgets. But lawmakers still took more Charter schools 21A The entire contents of this publication are copyrighted by NOPG LLC, than $100 million from the state college system 2007, with all rights reserved. Reproduction or use, without permission, during their recent session after cutting $55 mil- Four-year colleges 25A of editorial or graphic content in any manner is prohibited. lion in January. Things aren’t much better in Orleans Two-year colleges 27A Parish, which is taking a hit from shrinking sales-tax receipts, a decline in federal recovery dollars and an increase in health care spending for retired teachers. Jefferson Parish education officials had their own share of financial problems, once again You may have a couple dipping into their reserves to fill a $25 million budget gap caused by a dip in enrollment and a of kids graduating from decrease in per-student state financing. But there are bright spots. high school this year. St. Bernard Parish continues to move forward with Katrina recovery work, with eight of the original 15 schools open and nearly $165 million set aside to open four more buildings, a cultural arts center and two new We have 2,271. elementary schools. Taxpayers have rallied to help schools in St. Tammany Parish and in the River Parishes — St. James, St. John and St. Charles — by approving bonds and continue construction Jefferson Parish Public Schools are projects as the area’s population grows outside of the metro area. transforming education. With innovative Meanwhile, Orleans Parish and the learning programs and challenging college Recovery School District are starting to see prep courses, we’re giving students the some of its Quick Start schools join the landscape with Langston Hughes Elementary com- educational foundation they need to ing online this month, followed by Greater pursue their dreams. Gentilly High School and Andrew Wilson To learn more, visit www.JPPSS.k12.la.us. Elementary in January and L.B. Landry High School set for the 2010-11 school year. While finances have negatively impacted every school district in the region, educators remain committed to one thing — providing a quality education. And even though money is tight, it appears the 2009-10 school year will continue to build on the momentum that has been building since schools got what they called a “clean slate” in 2005.•

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Enrollment still down throughout system, ARCHDIOCESE but voucher system helping to buoy loss

By Stephen Maloney The Archdiocese of New Orleans expects said, but several principals have reported an Catholic schools in the Archdiocese, with Staff Writer an increase in the number of students taking increase in financial aid offerings since the tuition of $6,000 per year including fees,” advantage of the state’s private school national economic downturn in the last half he said. “We do offer financial aid packages, [email protected] voucher program, but overall enrollment of 2008. and this is one of the largest years we have remains down. Cabrini High School President Ardley ever had for financial aid packages.” The Student Scholarships for Educational Hanemann said there has been an increase Missing the projected enrollment total by Excellence Program brought about 500 new in financial aid requests at the 50-year-old just 35 translates into more than $200,000 students into the 86 Archdiocesan schools for Mid-City school, even as enrollment has less coming into the school, which Cavell the 2008-09 school year, spokeswoman stalled. said forced him to cut three faculty positions Sarah Comiskey said. “Right now we’re holding steady with an and combine others. “We expect all of our scholarship stu- enrollment of about 560,” he said. “That’s Cavell said no matter what happens with dents from last year to return this school down about 8 (percent) or 9 percent from the economy, providing a strong education year,” she said. “We expect to have 700 last year.” will always be a priority. scholarship students total this year.” Archdiocesan schools in St. Tammany “This is all part of us being responsible To qualify for the voucher program, fam- Parish are feeling even more of a pinch, even stewards of the finances that are presented to ilies must live in Orleans Parish, and their though overall enrollment is still climbing. us,” he said. “Education is always the top median family income cannot exceed 250 Elementary school enrollment in St. priority.” percent of the current federal poverty level Tammany rose from 3,269 for the 2007-08 Comiskey said the diocese’s peak enroll- BY THE NUMBERS — $55,125 for a family of four. school year to 3,345 last year, while overall ment topped 50,000 students for the 2003- 2007-08 2008-09 The student applying for the voucher enrollment rose from 5,315 to just over 5,500 04 school year, but the student count was Schools: 86 86 also must have been enrolled in an in the same time period, Comiskey said. down about 20 percent, 40,372, for the Students: 40,624 40,372 Orleans Parish public school for the pre- But Archbishop Hannan High School 2008-09 school year. Enrollment projec- Voucher recipients: 500 700 vious school year. principal John Cavell said each missing stu- tions for 2009-10 haven’t been determined Teachers: 2,698 3,000 The scholarship students are spread dent carries a hefty price tag. yet, but a small drop from last year’s total is Source: CityBusiness staff research throughout the district’s schools, Comiskey “We are the most affordable of the expected, Comiskey said.• 5A PHOTO BY FRANK AYMAMI Hynes Elementary student teacher Maria Biswalo works with second graders, from left, Jalen Aubert, Rosemary Bertin, Kerilyn Womble, Cecelia Cousins (obstructed) and Talia Theard. CHARTER SCHOOLS Independent schools grow in numbers, prove success

By Susan Buchanan Contributing Writer [email protected] BY THE NUMBERS 2007-08 2008-09 Schools: 40 47 Charter schools have sprouted in New charter schools at 58 percent in 2008-09, startup charters, shared modular structures Students: 17,911 20,425 Orleans and now exceed the number of said Caroline Roemer Shirley, executive that were built after Katrina. Teachers: 1,246 1,440 traditional public schools, with the goal of director of the Louisiana Association of The city has five kinds of charters, with Source: CityBusiness staff research students benefiting from open enrollment, Public Charter Schools. academically weak public schools that were out-of-the box thinking and attention to Shirley said she sees charters as a tool for transferred to the RSD the predominant type. individual needs. reform in New Orleans because of their record The RSD allows management of some of its ranking service based in San Francisco. The quality of the city’s primary and of academic performance, their accountability charters by outside partnerships, such as the A Stanford University study released in secondary education, test scores and to parents and the entity that approved their San Francisco-based Knowledge Is Power June found black students in New Orleans graduation rates have all risen as a result, opening, and their ability to be independently Program, which runs three city schools and charter schools performed better than their Recovery School District Superintendent run and adapt to students’ needs. plans to open two more in 2010. counterparts in the city’s traditional public Paul Vallas said. During the legislative session earlier In 2008-09, charters outperformed non- schools. Charters took off after Hurricane Katrina this year, lawmakers decided to remove charters on standardized tests in the RSD for Parents of students with physical, mental damaged more than 100 school buildings. the limit of 70 charter schools that can the third year in a row. In some schools, and emotional handicaps sometimes com- In late 2005, the state Legislature trans- operate in Louisiana. teachers received bonuses when their students plain their children wind up in traditional ferred 107 poorly performing schools from The state’s education department said tested well. But one reason for better test schools because generally smaller charters the New Orleans Public Schools system to the action could help the state as it seeks scores at charters is that limits on enrollment don’t have enough special-education teach- the RSD. The RSD’s early focus was on more federal education money. give them fairly stable student bodies, while ers. But the Stanford study found that the repairs, but as families returned to the city, Of the city’s 88 public school programs traditional schools have to absorb students same share, 16 percent, of students were dozens of charters opened with in 2008-09, the state Board of Education through the year, city education leaders said. enrolled in special-education programs in autonomous boards and principals hiring oversaw 33 RSD charters, two non-RSD In January, Benjamin Franklin High and Louisiana’s charters as in the state’s tradi- teachers and deciding curriculum. charters and 33 direct-run RSD schools. Lusher and Lake Forest elementary schools tional public schools, Shirley said.• New Orleans leads the nation in the per- NOPS ran 12 charters and five traditional all rated a maximum score of 10 in an annual cent of public schools students attending institutions. Several small programs, mostly evaluation by Great Schools, a national- The Associated Press contributed to this report. 6A New Orleans CityBusiness • August 3, 2009

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DELGADO COMMUNITY COLLEGE 2007-08 2008-09 Enrollment: 13,217 14,450 Faculty: 638 787 Staff: 305 394

DILLARD UNIVERSITY 2007-08 2008-09 Enrollment: 956 851 Faculty: 120 132 Staff: 316 232

LOYOLA UNIVERSITY 2007-08 2008-09 Enrollment: 4,585 4,634 Faculty: 384 412 Staff: 240 522

OUR LADY OF HOLY CROSS 2007-08 2008-09 Enrollment: 1,272 1,303 Faculty: 154 154 Staff: 35 42 The Jesuits were brave enough SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AT NEW ORLEANS 2007-08 2008-09 to shape a new city. Enrollment: 3,104 2,648 Faculty: 120 102 Staff: 96 199 Our students are bold enough TULANE UNIVERSITY to create a better world. 2007-08 2008-09 Enrollment: 10,519 11,157 Faculty: 1,577 1,844 Staff: 2,832 3,488

UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS 2007-08 2008-09 Enrollment: 11,363 11,427 Faculty: 457 622 Staff: 785 1,104

XAVIER UNIVERSITY This is at the very heart of what it means to 2007-08 2008-09 Enrollment: 3,088 3,236 receive a Jesuit education at Loyola. Faculty: 185 212 Staff: 175 493 Source: CityBusiness staff research

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JEFFERSONJEFFERSON PARISH Budget gaps filled, but desegregation remains major issue

By Sonya Stinson Contributing Writer [email protected]

The Jefferson Parish School System faced a problem as the 2008-09 school year came to an end: a $25 million budget gap. Along with the fiscal crisis, the system continues to grapple with issues such as desegregation, a teacher shortage and student literacy and graduation rates. Despite those challenges, system officials pointed to several areas of progress in their end-of-the-year assessment, including better LEAP test scores, an expanding magnet school program and new investments in technology. To address the budget deficit, the school board in May again dipped into its Jefferson Parish Public School System Superintendent Diane Roussel sits in on a fourth-grade class at Bissonet Plaza Elementary School. Minimum Foundation Program shortfall account, a reserve fund designed to fill budget gaps caused by declining enrollment and year is not off the table, Jefferson Federation more time because that’s all the money we’ll gram, spokesman Jeff Nowakowski said. the related decrease in per-student state of Teachers President Melody Munch have left,” St. Pierre said. “These schools provide students an financing. hopes it doesn’t come to that. While financial problems loom, the most opportunity to succeed academically while The following month, after initially “We feel we need to look at the overall significant issue the system faced in the past learning in a racially diverse environment,” proposing to close about 15 schools, the school system to see what (other) things we year was a legal one, Munch said. Nowakowski said. Jefferson Parish School Board instead voted can do,” said Munch, adding that the assess- “The biggest thing that seemed to impact The district invested $27.5 million dur- to direct Superintendent Diane Roussel to ment should include a review of staffing at the school system this year was the ing the past year in technology enhance- come up with a cost-saving budget. the system’s central office and the school Dandridge case,” Munch said, referring to ment, and the installation of a network Although the possibility of some schools level, as well as bus routes. the lawsuit brought against the district in infrastructure for high-speed fiber optics closing as early as the 2010-11 academic “The overwhelming majority of the school 1971 for its noncompliance the U.S. was expected to be complete this month. district budget is salary and benefits. ... As Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board desegre- Nowakowski said a major focus in the wonderful as those things are, we have to be gation decision. coming year will be literacy improvements. BY THE NUMBERS realistic about the budget,” Munch said. Last year, a federal judge ordered the sys- Starting in the summer, Jefferson Parish 2007-08 2008-09 Ray St. Pierre, a school board member tem to implement a desegregation plan over schools implemented a three-week summer Schools: 86 86 who has favored some consolidation, cau- a three-year period. That order led to the reading institute. Designed to help strug- Students: 43,000 43,000 tioned against continuing to rely on the reorganization of several schools, especially gling readers, the program provides 52 Teachers: 3,300 3,300 reserve fund to balance the budget. at the elementary level. hours of intensive instruction and bus trans- Source: CityBusiness staff research “We’ve done that now two times, or One of the system’s recent highlights has portation at no cost. The program will con- maybe three, and we can only do it one been the growth of its magnet schools pro- tinue through the summer of 2011.• Education Guide 2009 9A PHOTO BY FRANK AYMAMI

ORLEANS PARISH New school buildings rise despite deficit, downsizing, closures

By Susan Buchanan Contributing Writer [email protected] Top and above: Project manager John Haarala of Jacobs/CSRS Program Management reviews As New Orleans public schools continue to Master Plan. The first four of the district’s LaFrance said new schools being are progress at the new Langston Hughes Elementary rebuild from Hurricane Katrina, a new five Quick Start schools are expected to designed to meet strict environmental stan- School, which opens this month. storm is brewing for the district. Shrinking open within the next year. Langston Hughes dards and will consume 30 percent less sales-tax receipts and a decline in federal Elementary School will open this month, energy than traditionally built schools, recovery dollars, combined with an increase while Greater Gentilly High School and allowing the RSD to reduce greenhouse gas were charters, while it continued to work in health care spending for retired teachers, Andrew Wilson Elementary are expected to emissions and lower operating costs. with the OPSB to rebuild and renovate have left the system in a financial bind. be ready in January with L.B. Landry High She pointed to new green features, includ- facilities damaged by Katrina. TheOPSB The Orleans Parish School Board man- School set for the 2010-11 school year. ing cisterns to catch rainwater to help cool owns the city’s public school buildings, aged to balance its 2009-2010 budget and The Federal Emergency Management schools, solar panels, dual-pane windows and including the RSD structures, and over- avoid a $13 million deficit by laying off 30 Agency is committed to spending $650 mil- landscaping with native plants. The U.S. saw 17 schools last school year, 12 of teachers and 16 central office and system lion to restore city schools, authorizing $148 Green Building Council has embedded an which were charters. employees. Despite those measures, PM million of that work this spring. architect in the district’s office to ensure all Orleans Public Schools Superintendent High School, an evening program, is slated Before Katrina, the cost of deferred main- buildings meet Leadership in Energy and Darryl Kilbert said standardized test scores to close and an expansion of LEAP test help tenance on deteriorating school buildings Environmental Design Silver standards. and graduation rates are rising because of programs could be curtailed. was estimated at $1 billion, Recovery This fall, the RSD will open two career instruction in small groups, concern for each Under a formula using sales tax income School District spokeswoman Siona academies: the finance-oriented International student and help from math and reading from two years ago, OPSB will distribute LaFrance said. High School of New Orleans in the Central coaches. In the state-run Recovery School $2.7 million more from tax revenues to Business District and Greater Gentilly High, District, Superintendent Paul Vallas said charter schools this fiscal year than the focused on arts and communications. students are learning more because of longer board receives. BY THE NUMBERS The city’s public schools consisted of a school days and academic years. Meanwhile, the system’s Katrina recov- 2007-08 2008-09 patchwork of 88 charters and traditional Last school year, more New Orleans ery continues. Schools: 80 88 institutions operated by the RSD, OPSD public school students — 60 percent of Stan Smith, OPSB chief financial officer, Students: 32,149 35,955 and the Louisiana Board of Elementary and fourth-graders and 48 percent of eighth- said construction to replace damaged and Teachers: 2,482 2,414 Secondary Education in 2008-09, serving graders — passed the state’s grade promo- demolished buildings continues under the Source: CityBusiness staff research nearly 36,000 students. tion test than in prior years. But school lead- parish’s six-phase, 15-year School Facilities The RSD ran 66 schools, half of which ers say further improvement is needed.• 10A New Orleans CityBusiness • August 3, 2009 PHOTO COURTESY SEAN GARDNER

St. Rose Elementary teacher Cheney Murray talks about writing ideas with second-grader Keva Peters. RIVER PARISHES School districts in midst of expansions, upgrades thanks to taxpayer-approved funds

By Garry Boulard Even as the economy has cut into budgets mates streamlining the administration Hydrogen Products’ plan to build a $1.6 bil- Contributing Writer throughout the area, school systems in the could save up to $300,000. lion plant and a joint contract between River Parishes are moving forward with mul- “It has not been well received so far by the Cargill and Sugar Growers and Refiners Inc. [email protected] tiple construction and renovation projects. school board, but I am going to keep trying for a $100 million refinery. The results of a $46 million school capital because I think it is important that we be as “Obviously economic development in St. improvement program voters approved in fiscally responsible as possible,” she said. James is very much on the increase, and that 2008 will soon be on display as renovation Fiscal issues also are on the mind of St. is good for everyone here, including our and new construction work begins through- James Superintendent Lonnie Luce as the schools,” he said. out the St. John Parish school system. system builds a new gym at Lutcher High Similar challenges are being faced in “These are projects that have been long School, a cafeteria at St. James High School St. Charles Parish, where with a 4.9-mill in the making,” said St. John Schools and classrooms at Vacherie Elementary property tax for school building mainte- Superintendent Courtney Millet. School. nance and construction was passed in BY THE NUMBERS The system’s 10-year improvement pro- Paid for with a $15.9 million bond 2007. Work is taking place at Hahnville gram includes a new two-story classroom at issue voters approved three years ago, the High School and all of the system’s ele- ST. JOHN PARISH West St. John Elementary School, repairs to construction work comes at a time when mentary schools, and there are plans for 2007-08 2008-09 the Garyville/Mount Airy Math and Science many parish school systems are finding it an expanded physical education facility at Schools: 12 13 Students: 6,581 6,415 Magnet School and new running tracks at increasingly difficult to get significant state Destrehan High School. Teachers: 584 595 East and West St. John high schools. support. The state’s “hold-harmless” pol- “I like to call these improvements “This is work that absolutely has to be icy gives less money to districts with high enhancements,” Superintendent Rodney ST. JAMES PARISH* done in order to accommodate the needs of property and business value on the princi- Lafon said. “Our board has been involved 2007-08 2008-09 our students,” Millet said. ple they generate more money than less with a long range physical education facil- Schools: 10 10 But the new buildings and renovations are affluent parishes. ities plan.” Students: 3,900-4,000 3,900-4,000 just part of a larger parishwide upgrade Millet “Because we are regarded as a wealthy Stadiums at Hahnville and Destrehan Teachers: 350 350 hopes will make the St. John school system parish, we have been losing funding from out high schools were revamped last year, with more up to date as well as fiscally healthy. of Baton Rouge,” Luce said. “This has very synthetic turf added to the fields and wider ST. CHARLES PARISH “My most important goal is to save much made things more difficult for us.” aluminum seats added to the bleachers. 2007-08 2008-09 Schools: 17 18 money by reducing our overall budget,” Even so, Luce believes St. James’ increas- “By the 2010-11 school year, the total Students: 9,602 9,682 Millet said. ingly robust business and economic climate number of schools in the parish will be the Teachers: 814 822 The central office reform and reorgani- ultimately may be more important to the fis- same as it is today,” Lafon said. “But there Source: CityBusiness staff research. *Estimate. zation plan she has proposed will elimi- cal fortunes of the parish school system than will be added wings to facilities that already nate a number of what she describes as the loss of state money. Recent big commer- exist, with possibly some new gymnasiums “high-paying, high-end jobs.” She esti- cial boosts for the parish include Faustina also up and running.”• Education Guide 2009 11A PHOTO BY TOMMY SANTORA A $28 million skywalk over Judge Perez Drive will connect Chalmette High School and a new ninth grade academy starting this fall. ST. BERNARD PARISH Road to recovery continues as new facilities come online

By Tommy Santora Contributing Writer [email protected] BY THE NUMBERS 2007-08 2008-09 Schools: 88 Doris Voitier doesn’t mind wearing a hardhat. lion on new elementary schools in Arabi Students: 4,300 4,800 The Chalmette High School Lacoste While some view workplace construction and Chalmette. Teachers: 420 430 Campus for ninth-grade students will be projects as inconvenient, the St. Bernard Voitier said in addition to Federal ready in the fall, Voitier said. Chalmette Source: CityBusiness staff research school superintendent welcomes heavy Emergency Management Agency money and High, which has 1,200 students, will con- equipment and the sounds of building as community development block grants, the nect to the new campus via a skywalk. signs of a system’s recovery in progress. system has received about $7 million in pri- the long term.” About 320 students will take classes at the Hurricane Katrina’s floodwaters and vate donations for the systems reconstruction. But the work continues. new campus, which will include a gym, winds damaged all 15 St. Bernard Parish But St. Bernard’s school budget remains Starting next year, Andrew Jackson, cur- wrestling arena and swimming pool. The public schools. Three months after the tight because of a reduction in money from rently an elementary school with 1,100 pre- three-story building will be equipped with storm, Voitier and her team rushed to the state’s Minimum Foundation Program. kindergarten through fifth-grade students, science and computer labs. Classrooms open a temporary St. Bernard Unified The MFP gives money to school systems will become a middle school. Arabi and will be located on separate floors with an School, comprised of pre-kindergarten based on factors such as enrollment. Chalmette elementary schools will divide the initial 20-to-1 student-to-teacher ratio. through 12th grade. Because the system has about 60 percent of Andrew Jackson students. “Ninth grade is a crucial point in our stu- Four years later, the system has reopened its pre-Katrina student count, the parish’s By the fall of 2010, St. Bernard will have dents’ lives, and it’s the most likely point eight of the original 15 schools. Over the allotment has dropped from $29 million to 10 schools open, including five elementary when a student decides to drop out of next two years, about $100 million will be $18 million. schools, three middle schools, one high school or not,” Chalmette High Principal spent on four new buildings, including a Also draining the system’s resources is school and one alternative school for its Wayne Warner said. “The smaller the class $28 million ninth-grade academy connected a 58 percent increase in retirement insur- 4,800 students. The parish had about 8,800 sizes, the more teachers can work individu- via skywalk over Judge Perez Drive to ance costs, from $3.8 million to $6 mil- before students the storm. ally with them, and the more extracurricular Chalmette High School. lion, from 200 teachers leaving the system “We have made a tremendous and mem- opportunities available to our kids will give A $29 million cultural arts center will be since the storm. orable journey,” Voitier said. “We are build- them a sense of meaning in their lives even built next to the ninth grade academy, “It means we’re putting 33 percent of our ing state-of-the-art structures with the latest when not in the classroom. equipped with a public library, coffee shop, funds in retired teachers’ health insurance technology and many academic and “They deserve the kind of facilities that dance studio and arts theater. … before we can pay to put a book in a kid’s extracurricular opportunities available to are coming online and what we are building The system is also spending $36 mil- hands,” Voitier said. “That will cripple us in our students. It is all very rewarding.” for them right now.”• Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra New Orleans Ballet Association

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Third graders Kallysta Morley, left, and Tajsha Cooper, sort through tiles during camp at Pine View 21st Century Middle School.

By Garry Boulard The St. Tammany Parish Public School had more space available,” Superintendent Contributing Writer System, which has seen a continual rise in Gayle Sloan said. BY THE NUMBERS enrollment during the past three years, is That growth reflects overall parish [email protected] 2007-08 2008-09 growing into parts of the parish once sparse- demographic trends. According to the Schools: 53 54 ly populated and quiet. Census Bureau, St. Tammany’s popula- Students: 35,523 35,896 “Our most significant growth during the tion jumped from 191,000 in 2000 to Teachers: 2,603 2,617 last four years has been north of (Interstate) Source: CityBusiness staff research 12 in the more rural areas where we have See ST. TAMMANY, page 14 Wake Up!

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nearly 230,000 last year. “That was unbelievable growth back then,” Sloan said. “We grew at a rate of about 1,000 students a year.” Today the pace is down to a about 350 new students a year, contributing to an overall parish enrollment last year of just less than 36,000. Yet, that growth has come as St. Tammany Parish feels the effects of the national recession, said John Lamarque, St. Tammany Parish School Board president. “Our resources are down from what they have been in the past,” Lamarque said. “And that is a direct result of the downturn in the economy.” That means a board Lamarque described as being fiscally conservative will have to be even more so in the coming year. “We have been lucky in that the voters here have valued the public school system and supported it in the past. We have not had any kind of a tax increase in the past 15 years. Any new construction has come from the same millage we had in existence back then.” Within those parameters and through bonds issued in 2004 and 2008, the system is completing two new schools — Marigny Elementary and Lakeshore High. They will

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Keep us in mind for the 2010 Annual Education Guide For advertising information contact Peggy Bruce 504-293-9296 • [email protected] Education Guide 2009 15A St. Tammany Parish Public School Superintendent Gayle Sloan works with Brianna Buras during camp at Pine View 21st Century Middle School.

give the system 56 campuses. St. Tammany voters also passed a $15 million bond issue in 2008 to upgrade techno- logical access and services at parish schools. “So right now we have the nucleus of funding that we need for the next three PHOTO BY FRANK AYMAMI years or so to really ramp up technology in our schools,” Sloan said. Trying to gauge enrollment needs that may not be completely clear until this fall, the system also is contemplating adding to its roster of almost 3,000 teachers. “We’re playing things close to the vest, watching our money closely as we wait to see how many more students we end up with and what parts of the parish they come from before we make any decision as to hiring additional teachers,” Sloan said. Lamarque said parish residents have always supported the system, meaning the board must manage the growth and work on renewing bonds to avoid the need for new taxes. “We want to maintain the good relation- ship we have with the voters here who support us,” Sloan said. “So while we are Teacher Amanda Pritchard explains a game to campers at Pine View 21st Century Middle School. always moving forward, in more fiscally uncertain time, we do so carefully.”•

Brother Martin High School “Forming young men for life”

Christian Brothers School In City Park Celebrating 49 Years of Academic Excellence

Open House For Prospective Students – Grades 5 - 7 OPEN HOUSE Thursday, October 15th Thursday, November 12 7:00 PM 6 - 9 p.m. “Your sons into young men, young men into Christian gentlemen” 4401 Elysian Fields Avenue New Orleans, Louisiana 70122 (504) 486-6770 504-283-1561 www.brothermartin.com www.cbs-no.org Christian Brothers School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, Brother Martin High School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies. national and ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies. 16A New Orleans CityBusiness • August 3, 2009 Private Elementary Schools (ranked by average tuition)

Enrollment grades Pre-K to 8 Average School Phone Average tuition Faculty grades class Affiliation Year Top administrator Address Fax Fees Pre-K to 8 Grades taught size Student mix founded Title Isidore Newman School 899-5641 $16,585 626 Pre-K through 12 18 nondenominational 1903 T.J. Locke 1903 Jefferson Ave. 896-8597 varies 87 coed head of school New Orleans 70115 Metairie Park Country Day 837-5204 $14,905 460 Pre-K through 12 varies nondenominational 1929 Carolyn Chandler School 837-0015 varies 65 by grade coed head of school 300 Park Road and Metairie 70005 subject St. Martin's Episcopal School 736-9917 $14,800 401 12 months through 16 Episcopal 1947 Jeffrey P. Beedy 225 Green Acres 736-8802 varies 53 12 coed headmaster Metairie 70003 Louise S. McGehee School 561-1224 $14,700 335 Pre-K through 12 13 nondenominational 1912 Eileen F. Powers 2343 Prytania St. 525-7910 $615-$980 58 all female headmistress New Orleans 70130 Trinity Episcopal School 525-8661 $14,110 335 Pre-K through 8 16 Episcopal 1960 Rev. Michael C. 1315 Jackson Ave. 523-4837 $750 60 coed Kuhn New Orleans 70130 headmaster St. George's Episcopal School 891-5509 $13,480 300 nursery through 8 12 Episcopal 1969 Rob Eichberger 923 Napoleon Ave. 895-1225 varies 60 coed headmaster New Orleans 70115 Academy of the Sacred Heart 891-1943 $11,500 496 Pre-school through 16 Catholic 1887 Timothy Burns 4521 St. Charles Ave. 891-9939 $435 student fee, 62 12 with an early all female headmaster New Orleans 70115 parents club dues, and learning program for the technology fee toddler and nursery students St. Paul's Episcopal School 488-1319 $11,025 175 Pre-K 2 through 8 17 Episcopal and 1961 Merry Sorrells 6249 Canal Blvd. 304-8315 $1,450 24 independent head of school New Orleans 70124 coed St. Andrew's Episcopal School 861-3743 $9,990 150 Pre-K through 8 15 Episcopal 1957 Merrill S. Hall 8012 Oak St. 861-3973 $250-$575 27 coed head of school New Orleans 70118 Stuart Hall School for Boys 861-1954 $7,890 333 nursery through 7 18 Catholic and 1984 Kevin Avin 2032 S. Carrollton Ave. 861-5389 varies 38 independent head of school New Orleans 70118 all boys The above information was supplied by the schools themselves. Any additions or corrections should be sent on school letterhead to Research, New Orleans CityBusiness, 111 Veterans Blvd., Suite 1440, Metairie 70005

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Enrollment grades Pre-K to 8 Average School Phone Average tuition Faculty grades class Affiliation Year Top administrator Address Fax Fees Pre-K to 8 Grades taught size Student mix founded Title Ecole Bilingue de la Nouvelle- 896-4500 $7,875 97 Pre-K through 5 16 French Department of 1998 Cissy Rowley Orléans 896-9610 $1,000 14 Education director 821 General Pershing St. coed New Orleans 70115 Ursuline Academy Elementary 861-9150 $7,050 395 toddler-2 through 12 varies Catholic 1727 Gretchen Z. Kane School 861-9159 varies 35 all female president 2635 State St. New Orleans 70118 Kehoe-France 733-0472 $6,600 675 18 months through 22 nondenominational 1949 Kyle M. France 720 Elise Ave. 733-0477 books/activities 65 8 50/50 president Metairie 70003 $500-$1,000 New Orleans Jewish Day 887-4091 $6,200 42 Pre-K through 5 7 Jewish 1996 Gwynne Bowman School 780-5639 all inclusive 7 coed head of school 3747 W. Esplanade Ave. Metairie 70002 Holy Cross School 942-3100 $6,190 630 5 through 12 25 Catholic 1849 Charles DiGange 5500 Paris Ave. 286-5665 varies 53 all male headmaster New Orleans 70122 Arden Cahill Academy 392-0902 $6,100 550 nursery through 8 16 none 1968 Arden Cahill 3101 Wall Blvd. 392-3813 $450 45 nondiscriminatory headmistress Gretna 70056 Waldorf School of New Orleans 525-2420 $6,000 42 Pre-K through 6 10 nondenominational 2000 Amber Rosean 517 Soraparu, Suite 101 525-3223 $585 + enrollment 5 coed administrative New Orleans 70130 deposit coordinator Christian Brothers School 486-6770 $5,700 285 5 through 7 28 Catholic 1960 Joey M. Scaffidi 8 Friederichs Ave. 486-1053 $375 18 all male principal New Orleans 70124 Holy Name of Jesus School 861-1466 $5,250 500 Pre-K 4 through 7 20 Catholic 1891 Courtney Wolbrette 6325 Cromwell Place 861-1480 $465 43 coed principal New Orleans 70118 Northlake Christian School (985) 635-0400 $5,200 616 Pre-K through 12 20 nondenominational 1978 Rev. L. Joe Shorter 70104 Wolverine Drive (985) 893-4363 $610 70 (890 total) coed head of school Covington 70433 The above information was supplied by the schools themselves. Any additions or corrections should be sent on school letterhead to Research, New Orleans CityBusiness, 111 Veterans Blvd., Suite 1440, Metairie 70005 Stuart Hall OPEN HOUSE School for Boys November 5, 2009 • 5:30 -7:30 p.m. www.archbishopchapelle.org Leaders for Life • Celebrating 25 Years Private Tours Available • Open House October 21st 8:30 a.m.

Students interested in applying to Archbishop Chapelle High School are welcome to spend the day. Contact the Admissions Office at Nursery - Seventh Grade 468-9090 or via email to 2032 S.Carrollton Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70118 [email protected] to arrange a visit. (504) 861-1954 Archbishop Chapelle does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies. • www.stuarthall.org 8800 Veterans Boulevard • Metairie, Louisiana 70003 • 504-467-3105 Financial Aid Available • Stuart Hall is open to all qualified students regardless of race, national origin, or religious belief. 18A New Orleans CityBusiness • August 3, 2009 Private Elementary Schools (ranked by average tuition)

Enrollment grades Pre-K to 8 Average School Phone Average tuition Faculty grades class Affiliation Year Top administrator Address Fax Fees Pre-K to 8 Grades taught size Student mix founded Title Ridgewood Preparatory School 835-2545 $4,850 175 Pre-K through 12 15 nondenominational 1948 M.J. Montgomery 201 Pasadena Ave. 837-1864 $300 application fee, 13 coed Jr. Metairie 70001 $400 general fee headmaster St. Mary's Academy 245-0200 $4,500 200 Pre-K through 8 15 Catholic 1867 Sister Jennie 6905 Chef Menteur Blvd. 245-0422 $600 26 95 percent black Jones New Orleans 70126 principal Atonement Lutheran School 887-0225 $4,400 232 Pre-K 3 through 8 27 Lutheran 1960 Douglas C. Molin 6500 Riverside Drive 887-0225 NA 16 coed principal Metairie 70003 Ecole Classique 887-3507 $4,400 209 Pre-school through 18 nondenominational 1956 Sal J. Federico 5236 Glendale St. 887-8140 $150 registration fee per 27 12 coed headmaster Metairie 70006 child; $100 technology fee per family and PTA fees $25 per family John Curtis Christian School 737-0208 $4,400 328 Pre-K through 12 23 nondenominational 1962 J.T. Curtis and 10931 Jefferson Highway 739-2344 $400 registration 19 coed Debbie Eutsler River Ridge 70123 acting headmaster/ principal St. Pius X School 282-2811 $4,200 344 Pre-K 3 through 7 17 Catholic 1953 Pamela W. Fulham 6600 Spanish Fort Blvd. 282-3043 $165 (in parish) $465 27 coed principal New Orleans 70124 (out of parish) St. John Lutheran School 488-6641 $4,000 50 Pre-K through 3 12 Lutheran Church 1854 Bethany Gonski 3937 Canal Street 482-2101 400 5 Missouri Synod principal and head New Orleans 70119 coed administrator Life of Christ Christian 945-5778 $4,000 35 Pre-K through 12 10 nondenominational 1997 Cheryl Leufroy Academy 945-5778 500 6 coed/predominately Frilot 1851 N. Dorgenois St. black principal and New Orleans 70119 president St. Edward the Confessor 888-6353 $4,000 549 Pre-K 3 through 8 28 Catholic 1965 Sister Mary de School 456-0960 $465 25 coed Lourdes 4901 W. Metairie Ave. principal Metairie 70001 St. Angela Merici 835-8491 $3,900 460 Pre-K 3 through 7 25 Catholic 1965 Colleen Remont 835 Melody Drive 835-4463 $165 in parish and/or 32 coed principal Metairie 70002 $300 out of parish St. Philip Neri Catholic School 887-5600 $3,800 700 Pre-K 2 through 7 28 Catholic 1961 Carol S. Stack 6600 Kawanee Ave. 456-6857 $165 55 Caucasian, black, principal Metairie 70003 Asian, Hispanic Our Lady of Divine Providence 466-0591 $3,800 400 Pre-K 3 through 8 2,024 catholic 1967 Elvina DiBartolo School 466-0671 $165 registration fee for 28 coed principal 617 N. Atlanta St. first child, $150 Metairie 70003 registration fee for each other child St. Mary Magdalen Catholic 733-1433 $3,690 490 Pre-K through 8 26 catholic 1954 Bonnie Gaspard School 736-0727 $165 45 coed principal 6421 W. Metairie Ave. Metairie 70003 St. Paul Lutheran School 947-1773 $3,650 175 Pre-K through 8 18 Lutheran 1840 Chuck Schiller 2624 Burgundy St. 945-3743 $500 11 multicultural administrator New Orleans 70117 Cathedral Academy 525-3860 $3,650 173 Pre-K 4 through 7 20 Catholic 1915 Sister Mary 820 Dauphine St. 525-3193 $165 registration fee; 16 coed Andrew Hession, New Orleans 70116 $20 paper fee O.P. principal Faith Lutheran 737-9554 $3,575 91 Pre-K 3 through 8 9 Lutheran 1958 Diane Oestriecher 300 Colonial Club Drive 737-9599 application fee $175 per 10 coed principal Harahan 70123 child St. Cletus Catholic School 366-3538 $3,542 540 Pre-K 4 through 8 30 Catholic 1978 Mary Margaret Hitt 3610 Claire Ave. 366-0011 $140 registration and 30 coed principal Gretna 70053 $300 church support St. Andrew the Apostle 394-4171 $3,505 770 Pre-K through 8 28 Catholic 1953 Nancy Hernandez 3131 Eton St. 391-3627 $170 registration fee 60 coed principal New Orleans 70131 St. Ann School 455-8383 $3,450 881 EC3 through 7 25 Catholic 1972 Susan R. Kropog 4921 Meadowdale St. 455-9572 varies 74 coed principal Metairie 70006 Bishop McManus Academy 246-5121 $3,400 100 Pre-K 2 through 12 18 Christian 1975 Tammy McManus 13123 I-10 Service Road 246-5564 $250 registration 8 15 percent white, 5 administrator New Orleans 70128 percent Hispanic, 20 percent Asian, 60 percent black St. Stephen Catholic, Central 891-1927 $3,400 250 Pre-K 3 through 8 22 Catholic 1852 Peggy LeBlanc School Consortium 891-1928 $165 22 coed principal 1027 Napoleon Ave. New Orleans 70115 The above information was supplied by the schools themselves. Any additions or corrections should be sent on school letterhead to Research, New Orleans CityBusiness, 111 Veterans Blvd., Suite 1440, Metairie 70005 Education Guide 2009 19A Private Elementary Schools (ranked by average tuition)

Enrollment grades Pre-K to 8 Average School Phone Average tuition Faculty grades class Affiliation Year Top administrator Address Fax Fees Pre-K to 8 Grades taught size Student mix founded Title St. Joan of Arc Catholic School 861-2887 $3,300 283 Pre-K 4 through 8 23 Catholic 1893 Dionne Frost 919 Cambronne St. 866-9588 575 21 black principal New Orleans 70118

St. Christopher Elementary 837-6871 $3,300 855 Pre-K 3 through 8 28 Catholic 1949 Ruth Meche School 834-0522 $165 registration fee 70 coed principal 3900 Derbigny St. Metairie 70001

Calvary Baptist School 367-6465 $3,200 164 Pre-K 3 through 8 18 Baptist 1984 Bernice Davis 2401 General DeGaulle Drive 367-6632 $645 12 coed principal New Orleans 70114

Our Lady of Perpetual Help 464-0531 $3,200 236 Pre-K 3 through 8 22 Catholic 1928 Sister Julie School 464-0725 $165 registration fee 16 coed Glaeser 531 William Blvd. principal Kenner 70062

Our Lady of Prompt Succor 271-2953 $3,150 425 Pre-K through 8 25 Catholic 1952 Sharon B. Coll 2305 Fenelon St. 271-1490 $165 25 coed principal Chalmette 70043

St. Rita School 866-1777 $2,850 260 Pre-K through 8 28 Catholic 1924 Sister Annette 65 Fontainebleau Drive 861-8512 $165 registration fee 18 98 percent black Baxley New Orleans 70125 principal

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Enrollment grades Percent applicants 8-12 Average admitted Top School Phone Tuition Faculty grades class Affiliation Percent attending Year administrator Address Fax Fees 8-12 Grades taught size Student mix college founded Title Isidore Newman School 899-5641 $17,588 415 Pre-K through 12 17 nondenominational 52 percent 1903 T.J. Locke 1903 Jefferson Ave. 896-8597 WND 68 coed 100 percent head of school New Orleans 70115 St. Martin's Episcopal 733-0353 $16,500 273 Pre-K through 12 18 Episcopal 64 percent 1947 Jeffrey P. Beedy School 736-8801 $1,000 30 coed 100 percent headmaster 225 Green Acres Road Metairie 70003 Louise S. McGehee 561-1224 $15,900 148 Pre-K through 12 15 nondenominational 78 percent 1912 Eileen Powers School 525-7910 $625 30 all female 100 percent headmistress 2343 Prytania St. New Orleans 70130 Metairie Park Country 837-5204 $15,615 251 Pre-K through 12 varies nondenominational WND 1929 Carolyn Day School 837-0015 varies 55 by coed 100 percent Chandler 300 Park Road course head of school Metairie 70005 Academy of the Sacred 891-1943 $12,650 267 Pre-school 16 Catholic 80 percent 1887 Timothy M. Heart 891-9939 $707-$795 39 through 12 all female 100 percent Burns 4521 St. Charles Ave. depending on grade headmaster New Orleans 70115 De La Salle 895-5717 $7,225 475 8 through 12 22 Catholic 70 percent 1949 Kenneth 5300 St. Charles Ave. 891-1795 $1,195 34 55 percent male; 96 percent Tedesco New Orleans 70115 45 percent female president Ursuline Academy High 861-9150 $7,050 418 toddler-2 through 22 Catholic WND 1727 Gretchen Z. School 861-7392 varies 41 12 all female 100 percent Kane 2635 State St. president New Orleans 70118 Brother Martin High 283-1561 $6,970 1,210 8 through 12 24 Catholic 75 percent 1869 Greg Rando School 286-8462 $350 97 male 99 percent principal 4401 Elysian Fields Ave. New Orleans 70122 Jesuit High School 486-6631 $6,700 1,325 8 through 12 25 Catholic 91 percent 1847 Rev. Anthony 4133 Banks St. 483-3942 WND 108 0.5% Native 99 percent McGinn New Orleans 70119 American, 4% president black, 4% Asian, 5% Hispanic, 87% Caucasian Holy Cross School 942-3100 $6,600 498 5 through 12 25 Catholic 75 percent 1849 Charles 5500 Paris Ave. 286-5665 varies 42 male 99 percent DiGange New Orleans 70122 headmaster Cabrini High School 482-1193 $6,500 468 8 through 12 20 Catholic 75 percent 1959 Ardley 1400 Moss St. 483-8671 $500 50 all female 99 percent Hanemann Jr. New Orleans 70117 president St. Scholastica (985) 892-2540 $6,225 777 8 through 12 22 Archdiocese of 95 percent 1903 Mary Kathryn Academy (985) 893-5256 $400 registration 61 New Orleans 100 percent Villere 122 South Massachusetts fee all female principal St. Covington 70433 St. Paul's School (985) 892-3200 $6,150 850 8 through 12 25 Catholic WND 1911 Brother 917 S. Jahncke Ave. (985) 892-4048 registration $300; 70 all male 99 percent Raymond Covington 70434 $150 building Bulliard renovation principal Archbishop Chapelle 467-3105 $6,050 980 8 through 12 23 Catholic WND 1962 Jane Ann High School 466-3191 $950 77 all female 99 percent Frosch 8800 Veterans Memorial president Blvd. Metairie 70003 Archbishop Shaw High 340-6727 $6,000 624 8 through 12 25 Catholic 92 percent 1962 Father James School 347-9883 $850 46 male 80 percent McKenna 1000 Barataria Blvd. director and Marrero 70072 president Northlake Christian (985) 635-0400 $6,000 352 Pre-K through 12 18 nondenominational 90 percent 1978 Rev. L. Joe School (985) 893-2632 $600 20 coed 100 percent Shorter 70104 Wolverine Drive head of school Covington 70433 St. Mary's Dominican 865-9401 $5,720 923 8 through 12 25 Catholic WND 1860 Cynthia A. High School 866-5958 varies 77 all female 100 percent Thomas 7701 Walmsey Ave. president New Orleans 70125 Archbishop Rummel 834-5592 $5,670 1,125 8 through 12 25 Catholic 80 percent 1962 Michael J. Begg High School 832-4016 $300 registration; 80 all male 98 percent president 1901 Severn Ave. $630 building Metairie 70001 Xavier University 899-6061 $5,670 308 7 through 12 20 Catholic 68 percent 1915 Sister Eileen Preparatory 891-8766 $800.00 28 WND 95 percent Sullivan 5116 Magazine St. president New Orleans 70115 St. Mary's Academy 245-0200 $5,600 500 8 through 12 20 Catholic 80 percent 1867 Sister Jennie 6905 Chef Menteur Blvd. 245-0422 $800 50 95 percent black 95 percent Jones New Orleans 70126 principal Education Guide 2009 21A Private Secondary Schools (ranked by tuition)

Enrollment grades Percent applicants 8-12 Average admitted Top School Phone Tuition Faculty grades class Affiliation Percent attending Year administrator Address Fax Fees 8-12 Grades taught size Student mix college founded Title Academy of Our Lady 341-6217 $5,500 630 8 through 12 24 Catholic WND 2007 Sister Maria 537 Avenue D 341-6229 $785 50 all female 98 percent Colombo Marrero 70072 principal Lutheran High 455-4062 $5,500 100 9 through 12 1,015 Lutheran 90 percent 1970 Calvin Behrens 3864 17th St. 455-4453 $850 12 WND 90 percent principal Metairie 70002 Mount Carmel Academy 288-7626 $5,400 1,175 8 through 12 17 Catholic WND 1896 Sister Camille 7027 Milne Blvd. 288-7629 varies 111 all female 100 percent Anne Campbell New Orleans 70124-2395 president and principal St. Augustine High 944-2424 $5,350 697 7 through 12 25 Catholic 80 percent 1951 Rev. Joseph School 947-7712 $900 60 all black males 99 percent Doyle 2600 A.P. Tureaud Ave. president New Orleans 70119 John Curtis Christian 737-4621 $5,200 522 Pre-K through 12 20 nondenominational 85 percent 1962 J.T. Curtis School 739-2341 $300 registration 40 coed 97 percent headmaster 10125 Jefferson Highway fee and $100 River Ridge 70123 activity fee St. Charles Catholic (985) 652-3809 $5,100 428 8 through 12 26 Archdiocese of 95 percent 1948 Andrew Cupit High School (985) 652-2609 $750 36 New Orleans 90 percent principal 100 Dominican Drive coed LaPlace 70068 Ecole Classique 887-3507 $4,900 220 2 Pre-K through 20 nondenominational 90 percent 1956 Sal Federico 5236 Glendale St. 887-8140 $250 21 12 46 percent male 95 percent headmaster Metairie 70006 and 54 percent female Bishop McManus 246-5121 $3,400 75 Pre-K 2 through 18 Christian 80 percent 1975 Tammy Academy 246-5564 $250 registration 5 12 15% white, 20% 95 percent McManus 13123 I-10 Service Road Asian, 5% administrator New Orleans 70128 Hispanic, 60% black The above information was supplied by the schools themselves. Any additions or corrections should be sent on school letterhead to Research, New Orleans CityBusiness, 111 Veterans Blvd., Suite 1440, Metairie 70005

Charter schools in New Orleans (ranked by enrollment)

Top Company Phone Year administrator Charter organization Address Fax founded Grades taught Enrollment Special focus Title Board of directors Lusher Charter School 862-5110 1918 K through 12 1,475 high academics, arts, Kathy Hurstell Advocates for Arts Based Education 7315 Willow St. and 5624 and (chartered in diversity Riedlinger Blaine LeCesne board president Freret St. 304-3960 2005) CEO New Orleans 70115 and 861-1839 70118 O. Perry Walker College and 302-7170 Established: 9 through 12 828 college and career prep Mary L. H. Algiers Charter Schools Association Career Preparatory High 309-2960 1973, Laurie Charles Rice, president; Elsie Rose, vice School chartered: principal president; Cassandra Bookman; Stephanie 2832 General Meyer Ave. 2005 Bridges; Mark McNamara; Glenn Orgeron; New Orleans 70114 Donna St. Louis Edna Karr High School 398-7115 1964 9 through 12 824 college prep John C. Hiser Algiers Charter Schools Association 3332 Huntlee Drive 398-7118 principal ACSA School Board New Orleans LA 70131 Warren Easton 324-7400 originally 9 through 12 800 college prep Alexina A. Type 3-Conversion 3019 Canal St. 324-7946 1913 - Medley Warren Easton Charter Foundation New Orleans 70119 charter principal and school CEO founded 2006 Lafayette Academy 861-8370 2006 Pre-K through 7 750 college prep Mickey Landry Choice Foundation 2727 South Carrollton Ave. 861-8369 head of school Choice Foundation New Orleans 70118 James Singleton Charter 568-3466 2000 Pre-K through 8 734 technology Melrose D. Dryades YMCA School 569-3378 Biagas NA 2220 Oretha Castle Haley principal Blvd. New Orleans 70113 Audubon Charter School 324-7100 / 2006 Pre-K 3 through 716 French school Janice A. Dupuy French and Montessori Education Inc. 428 Broadway St. / 719 South 324-7110 8 accredited by the French principal and Carlos Zervigon, chairman, Yvonne (Teddi) Carrollton Ave. 866-1691 / Govermnent; Montessori CEO Locke, vice-chairman, Laura Watts, treasurer, New Orleans 70118 218-4618 School, an initiate Christina Brennan, secretary, Shawn Barney, member of the American Gladys Barrett-Merrick, Linda Blakley, Hon. Montessori Association; Olivier Brochenin, Benjamin W. Comer, Dr. discipline-based arts Corey Hebert, Allen Miller, Wynn Seeman, programs (visual, theatre Robert D. Sloan, Rev. Cornelius Tilton and music) 22A New Orleans CityBusiness • August 3, 2009 Charter schools in New Orleans (ranked by enrollment)

Top Company Phone Year administrator Charter organization Address Fax founded Grades taught Enrollment Special focus Title Board of directors Dr. Martin Luther King 940-2243 1995/charter Pre-K through 633 math, science, Doris Roche' Friends of King Charter School Charter School 940-2276 2006 12 technology Hicks Hilda W. Young, president 1617 Caffin Ave. CEO and New Orleans 70117 principal

Martin Behrman Charter 324-7030 2005 Pre-K through 8 628 creative arts and Rene' Lewis- Algiers Charter Schools Association Academy of Creative Arts 309-8174 sciences Carter Elsie Rose, president; Glenn Orgeron, vice and Sciences principal president and secretary; Mark McNamara; 715 Opelousas Ave. Cassandra Bookman; Charles Rice; New Orleans 70114 Stephanie Bridges; Donna V. St. Louis Alice M. Harte Charter 302-7121 chartered in K through 8 620 NA Anna Faye Algiers Charter Schools Association School 398-7013 2005 Marciante Charles Rice, president; Elsie Rose, vice 5300 Berkley Drive principal president; Glenn Orgeron; Mark McNamara; New Orleans 70131 Cassandra Bookman; Charles Rice; Stephanie Bridges; Donna V. St. Louis Benjamin Franklin High 286-2600 1957 9 through 12 560 NA Timothy G. Advocates for Academic Excellence in School 286-2642 Rusnak Education Inc. 2001 Leon C. Simon Drive principal and Duris Holmes, president; Timothy Ryan; New Orleans 70122 CEO James Meza Jr.; Carl Indest; Joia Crear-Perry

Dwight D. Eisenhower 398-7125 2005 Pre-K through 8 559 global studies Monica Algiers Charter Association Academy of Global Studies 398-7129 Boudouin Charles Rice, president; Elsie Rose, vice 3700 Tall Pines Drive principal president; Glenn Orgeron; Mark McNamara; New Orleans 70131 Cassandra Bookman; Stephanie Bridges; Donna V. St. Louis Einstein Charter 324-7450 2006 Pre-K through 8 519 math and science Shawn L. NOPS 5100 Cannes St. 254-4121 Toranto Nolan Marshall, president; Chuck Gasho, vice New Orleans 70129 interim principal president; Ronald Carrere, treasurer, Christy Williams, secretary; Ramona Perkins, Margaret Nguyen, Andrea McNeil McDonogh 32 Literacy 302-7144 chartered in Pre-K through 8 517 literacy Lee C. Green Algiers Charter Schools Association Charter School 302-7183 2006 principal Charles Rice, president; Elsie Rose, vice 800 De Armas president; Cassandra Bookman; Stephanie New Orleans 70114 Bridges; Mark McNamara; Glenn Orgeron; Donna St. Louis McDonogh 42 Elementary 942-3660 2007 Pre-K through 8 511 New Orleans, southern Marion M. Treme Charter School Association Charter School 309-8031 regional culture, Johnson Roslyn J. Smith, president, Tracie 1651 N. Tonti St. indigenous arts and principal Washington, vice president, Madonna Green, New Orleans 70119 instrumental music secretary, Bernard Roberson, treasurer, Carol McCree, Eddie Francis, Hester Cottles International School of 654-1088 2000 K through 8 502 language immersion Sean Wilson International School of Louisiana Louisiana 654-1086 Melanie International School of Louisiana Board of 1400 Camp St. Tennyson Trustees New Orleans 70130 executive director and head of school principal Harriet R. Tubman 302-7160 charter K through 8 500 NA Jonathan Algiers Charter Schools Association Elementary 363-2184 established Williams Charles Rice, president; Elsie Rose, vice 2013 General Meyer Ave. in 2006 principal president; Cassandra Bookman, Donna St. New Orleans 70114 Louis, Mark McNamara, Stephanie Bridges

KIPP McDonogh 15 566-1706 2006 Pre-K through 8 470 college prep, creative Jared Lamb KIPP New Orleans Schools 721 St. Philip St. 592-8515 arts Kyle Shaffer KIPP New Orleans Schools New Orleans 70116 school leaders

Hynes Elementary 324-7160 1952 gifted Pre-K and 470 rigorous academic Michelle Bertram Hynes Charter School Corp. 3774 Gentilly Blvd. 948-1750 K-8 curriculum, French Douglas Todd Schexnayder, president; Alvin Miester New Orleans 70122 immersion track, gifted principal and III, vice president; Elizabeth Uzee Sigler, and talented classes for CEO secretary and tresasurer; Timothy Ryan; academics, theater and James Meza; Darlene Morgan Brown; the arts Barbara Richard Langston Hughes 352-4633 2007 K through 7 460 college prep John Alford Nola 180 3519 Trafalgar St. 910-3065 Mark Martin NA New Orleans 70119 upper school principal lower school principal Samuel J. Green Charter 304-3532 2005 K through 8 450 NA Jay Altman FirstLine Schools School 896-4147 CEO, director of NA 2319 Valence St. schools New Orleans 70115

NA=not available. The above information was provided by the companies themselves. Any additions or corrections should be sent on company letterhead to Research, New Orleans CityBusiness Newspaper, 111 Veterans Blvd., Suite 1440, Metairie, LA 70005. Education Guide 2009 23A Charter schools in New Orleans (ranked by enrollment)

Top Company Phone Year administrator Charter organization Address Fax founded Grades taught Enrollment Special focus Title Board of directors Lake Forest Elementary 826-7140 2006 K through 8 440 rigorous and accelerated Mardele NA Charter School 248-7020 college prep with Simmons Early The Council for Quality Education 12000 Hayne Blvd. culutural arts integration CEO and New Orleans 70128 principal

William J. Fischer 302-7111 chartered in Pre-K through 8 430 accelerated instruction Dahme Bolden Algiers Charter Schools Association Accelerated Academy 363-1013 2005 principal Charles Rice, president; Elsie Rose, vice 1801 Whitney Ave. president; Cassandra Bookman; Stephanie New Orleans 70114 Bridges; Mark McNamara; Glenn Orgeron; Donna St. Louis

Andrew H. Wilson Charter 373-6274 2007 K through 6 410 academic/ character Sheila M. Broadmoor Charter School Board School 891-1760 education/ community Thomas Broodmoor Charter School Board 1111 Milan St. principal New Orleans 70115

Sophie B. Wright 304-3915 1910 5 through 12 400 college prep secondary Sharon Latten Institute for Academic Excellence 1426 Napoleon Ave. 896-4095 school with music and Clark Rose Duhon Sells, board president New Orleans 70115 arts education charter school director

Priestley School 324-7200 June 14, 9 through 12 400 NA Michelle Biagas Priestley School of Architecture and 2009 Palmyra St. 528-2105 2006 principal Construction Charter Board New Orleans 70112 Christopher D’Amour, board president

Abramson Science & Tech 244-4416 2007 K through 12 360 science and technology Cuneyt Dokmen Pelican Educational Foundation Charter School 240-7046 principal NA 5552 Read Blvd. New Orleans 70127

UNO/Medard Nelson 943-1311 2005 Pre-K through 8 359 NA Edward Brown Capital One-UNO Charter Network Elementary 943-9824 principal Patricia Adams, Kim Bondy, Hugh Hamilton, 3121 St. Bernard Ave. Carla Major, James Meza, Timothy P. Ryan, New Orleans 70119 Robert Schmidt, Carol Skriloff

Gentilly Terrace Elementary 373-6240 2007 Pre-K through 8 355 NA Charlotte Capital One-UNO Charter Network and School 284-5847 Burney-Tillman Recovery School District 4720 Painters St. principal Capital One-UNO Charter Network Board: New Orleans 70122 Patricia Adams, Kim Bondy, Hugh Hamilton, Carla Major, James Meza, Timothy Ryan, Robert Schmidt, Carol Skriloff McDonogh City Park 940-1740 2006 K through 8 351 academic programs Christina New Orleans Charter Schools Foundation Academy 940-1780 aligned to state Mitchell Matthew Proctor, board chair 2733 Esplanade Ave. standards, services Christine F. New Orleans 70119 geared to student needs Mitchell principal school leader UNO/Thurgood Marshall 373-6297 2005 9 through 12 350 NA Michael E. Capital One-UNO Charter Network Early College High School 484-3487 Booker Patricia Adams, Kim Bondy, Hugh Hamilton, 4621 Canal St. principal Carla Major, James Meza, Timothy Ryan, New Orleans 70119 Robert Schmidt, Carol Skriloff

N. O. Charter Science & 324-7061 1992 9 through 12 346 laboratory-based Bridget Ramsey New Orleans Public Schools Math High School- the 309-4178 (original 1/2 education in science, school director The Advocates for Science and Mathematics Catalyst for Your Future day school), technology, engineering Education 5625 Loyola Ave. Jan. 2006 and math (STEM) New Orleans 70131 (full day robotics team; IC3 and charter Microsoft certification school) UNO/Pierre Capdau Charter 872-9257 2004 Pre-K through 8 344 NA Heidi Sargent Capital One-UNO Charter Network School 812-0393 principal Patricia Adams, Kim Bondy, Hugh Hamilton, 3821 Franklin Ave. Carla Major, James Meza, Timothy Ryan, New Orleans 70122 Robert Schmidt, Carol Skriloff

NA=not available. The above information was provided by the companies themselves. Any additions or corrections should be sent on company letterhead to Research, New Orleans CityBusiness Newspaper, 111 Veterans Blvd., Suite 1440, Metairie, LA 70005. 24A New Orleans CityBusiness • August 3, 2009 Charter schools in New Orleans (ranked by enrollment)

Top Company Phone Year administrator Charter organization Address Fax founded Grades taught Enrollment Special focus Title Board of directors Esperanza Charter School 373-6272 2007 K through 7 335 college prep Melinda Esperanza Charter School Association 4407 S. Carrollton Ave. NA Martinez Martin Gutierrez New Orleans 70119 principal

KIPP Believe College Prep 304-8857 2006 5 through 8 in 260 college prep Adam Meinig KIPP New Orleans Schools 1607 S. Carrollton Ave. 304-8862 2009 school leader KIPP New Orleans Schools New Orleans 70118

Algiers Technology 302-7076 2007 9 through 12 251 technology Dr. Henderson Algiers Charter Schools Association Academy 433-7986 Lewis Jr. Charles Rice, president; Elsie Rose, vice 6501 Berkley Drive principal president; Glenn Orgeron; Mark McNamara; New Orleans 70131 Cassandra Bookman; Charles Rice; Stephanie Bridges; Donna V. St. Louis Intercultural Charter School 662-0330 2008 K through 5 (add 245 intercultural (world Peta Anne The Intercultural School Board Inc. 5075 Willow Brook Drive 662-0019 a grade each languages taught to all LeBlanc Alvaro Alcazar, board president New Orleans 70129 year to reach grades) and academic principal 8th) rigor

Robert Russa Moton Charter 245-4400 2006 Pre-K through 6 243 year-round education, Paulette P. Advocates for Innovative Schools Inc. 6800 Chef Menteur Highway 248-7300 performing arts and Bruno Lawrence Gulley, Victor Gordon, Frank New Orleans 70126 technology CEO Williams, Velta Simms, Barbara Major

New Orleans City Free 891-1353 2006-07 K through 8 204 increasing basic skills/ Rosemary New Orleans Charter Schools Foundation Academy 891-6915 cooperative learning Martin M. Proctor (president), P. Talley, M. Bagot, C. 3601 Camp St. executive Mayer, J. Nelson, M. Parker New Orleans 70115 administrator

Miller McCoy Academy for 373-6215 2008 6 and 8 191 mathematics and Tiffany Hardrick Miller McCoy Academy Mathematics & Business NA business principal NA 7301 Dwyer Road New Orleans 70126

KIPP Central City Academy 373-6290 2007 5 through 7 in 170 college prep Todd Purvis KIPP New Orleans Schools 2625 Thalia St. 302-9737 2009 school leader KIPP New Orleans Schools New Orleans 70113

New Orleans College Prep. 373-6271 2006 6 and 7 156 college prep Natasha Baker New Orleans College Preparatory Academies 3127 Martin Luther King Jr. 566-4958 principal Hal Brown, Barbara Campbell MacPhee, Blvd. Richard Conway, Peter Harding, Ruth New Orleans 70125 Kullman, Murray Pitts, Monica Edwards

Arthur Ashe Charter School 897-5359 NA K through 1 and 151 college prep Aqua Stovall Firstline Schools Inc. 3649 Laurel St. 309-2064 4 through 7 principal Lawrence Kullman New Orleans 70115

Akili Academy of New 355-4172 2008 K through 1 120 college prep Sean Gallagher Akili Academy of New Orleans Orleans 355-4177 executive NA 1700 Pratt Drive director New Orleans 70122

Sojourner Truth Academy 352-6330 2008 9 through 12 103 leadership and college Channa Cook NA P.O. Box 13294 218-7498 prep principal and co- Sojourner Truth Academy Board of Directors New Orleans 70185 founder

Crocker Arts and 338-6054 mid-1960s Pre-K through 3 102 college prep with arts Anna Charmaine Advocacy for the Arts and Technology Inc. Technology School 284-3309 and technology Robertson Grisela A. Jackson, president 2300 General Taylor St. integration principal New Orleans 70115

KIPP Central City Primary 373-6290 2008 K and 1st in 95 college prep Korbin Johnson KIPP New Orleans Schools 2625 Thalia St. 302-9737 2009 principal KIPP New Orleans Schools New Orleans 70113

New Orleans Charter 274-3666 2008 9 in 2008-09; 9 85 college prep high school Benjamin NA Science and Math Academy NA and 10 in Marcovitz Advocates for Science and Mathematics 7301 Dwyer Road 2009-10 school director Education New Orleans 70126 and principal

NA=not available. The above information was provided by the companies themselves. Any additions or corrections should be sent on company letterhead to Research, New Orleans CityBusiness Newspaper, 111 Veterans Blvd., Suite 1440, Metairie, LA 70005. Education Guide 2009 25A Four-year Louisiana colleges and universities (ranked by enrollment)

Percent of applicants In-state tuition Fall Top administrator admitted annually Name enrollment Title Percent of students Out-of-state Address 2008 Internet address receiving financial aid tuition annually Academic specialties Louisiana State University 28,194 Michael V. Martin 74 percent $5,086 business administration, internal auditing, disaster management, 156 Thomas Boyd Hall chancellor 79 percent $13,800 landscape architecture, interior design, basic sciences, mass Baton Rouge 70803 www.lsu.edu communication, music and the dramatic arts, coastal sciences, Atlantic studies, computational sciences, materials science and engineering University of Louisiana at 16,320 E. Joseph Savoie 76 percent $3,402 environmental sciences, engineering, advanced computer Lafayette president 58 percent $9,580 science, business, nursing, architecture 103 University Circle www.louisiana.edu Lafayette 70503 Southeastern Louisiana 15,224 John L. Crain 53 percent $3,624 biological science, business, education, engineering technology, University president 62 percent $9,624 nursing and health sciences, global development, computer SLU P.O. Box 10752 www.selu.edu sciences, supply chain management, liberal arts Hammond 70402 University of New Orleans 11,428 Timothy Ryan 58 percent $3,488 hotel, restaurant and tourism administration; accounting; 2000 Lakeshore Drive chancellor 62 percent $10,884 counselor education; teacher education; naval architecture and New Orleans 70148 www.uno.edu marine engineering; civil engineering; film; creative writing; urban planning and regional studies; jazz studies; environmental sciences; bioinformatics; conservation biology; pre-medical/pre- nursing Tulane University 11,157 Scott S. Cowen 27 percent $35,500 architecture, business, science and engineering, law, liberal arts, 6823 St. Charles Ave. president 81 percent $35,500 medicine, public health and tropical medicine, social work New Orleans 70118 www.tulane.edu Louisiana Tech University 10,950 Dan Reneau 65 percent $4,137 business, applied natural sciences, education, engineering and P.O. Box 3168 president 65 percent $9,042 science, liberal arts Ruston 71272 www.latech.edu Northwestern State 9,111 Randall Webb 64 percent $3,614 nursing, education, psychology, hospitality management and University president 87 percent $9,692 tourism, electronic engineering technology, heritage resources 715 College Ave. www.nsula.edu Natchitoches 71497 University of Louisiana at 8,767 James E. Cofer 76 percent $2,400 pharmacy and health sciences, criminal justice, computer Monroe president 95 percent $8,352 information systems, communicative disorders, toxicology, teacher 700 University Ave. www.ulm.edu education Monroe 71209 McNeese State University 8,343 Robert D. Hebert 75 percent $3,422 education, nursing, business, engineering, liberal arts, sciences 4205 Ryan St. president 77 percent $9,488 Lake Charles 70609 www.mcneese.edu Southern University 7,745 Kofi Lomotey 66 percent $3,906 nursing, engineering, urban forestry, science, business P.O. Box 9901 www.subr.edu 90 percent $9,698 Baton Rouge 70813 Nicholls State University 6,926 Stephen T. Hulbert 83 percent $3,748 accounting and information systems, child, family and social 901 E. First St. president 72 percent $9,159 services, culinary arts, geomatics, marine and environmental Thibodaux 70310 www.nicholls.edu biology, nursing and allied health sciences, business, biological sciences, teacher education University of Phoenix, 5,560 Brent S. Lyons NA $8,280 business management, administration, criminal justice, Louisiana Campus vice president and NA $8,280 information technology, nursing, education, accounting, health One Galleria Blvd., Suite 725 director sciences, communication, psychology, human resource Metairie 70001 www.phoenix.edu/ management louisiana Grambling State University 5,253 Horace A. Judson 33 percent $2,414 education, business, nursing, social work, liberal arts 403 Main St. president 78 percent $7,764 Grambling 71245 www.gram.edu Loyola University New 4,634 Rev. Kevin Wm. Wildes 63 percent $28,770 communications (journalism, public relations, advertising), Orleans president 81 percent $28,770 psychology, biology, forensic chemistry, international business, 6363 St. Charles Ave. www.loyno.edu English writing, music industry studies, criminal justice, forensic New Orleans 70118 chemistry, theatre arts, music, MBA LSU-Shreveport 4,291 Vincent J. Marsala 82 percent $3,539.36 liberal arts, science, business, education One University Place chancellor NA $8,067.84 Shreveport 71115 www.lsus.edu Xavier University of 3,236 Norman C. Francis 66 percent $15,000 sciences, pre-medicine program, college of pharmacy Louisiana president 86 percent $15,000 1 Drexel Drive www.xula.edu New Orleans 70125 Southern University at New 3,015 Victor Ukpolo 99 percent $1,503 social work, criminal justice, education, natural sciences Orleans chancellor 96 percent $1,869 6400 Press Drive www.suno.edu New Orleans 70126 New Orleans Baptist 2,768 Charles Kelley 99 percent $3,500-$4,200* religious education, sacred music, theological and ministerial Theological Seminary president 25 percent NA studies 3939 Gentilly Road www.nobts.edu New Orleans 70126 Our Lady of Holy Cross 1,303 Rev. Anthony De 42 percent $7,440 nursing, education, counseling, business administration, biology, College Conciliis 83 percent $7,440 liberal arts, radiologic technology, respiratory care, psychology, 4123 Woodland Drive president theology New Orleans 70131 www.olhcc.edu *The annual tuition is for Southern Baptist students. NA=not available. 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Percent of applicants In-state tuition Fall Top administrator admitted annually Name enrollment Title Percent of students Out-of-state Address 2008 Internet address receiving financial aid tuition annually Academic specialties Louisiana College 1,096 Joe Aguillard 34 percent $16,696.00 biology (pre-med), business, religion, athletic training 1140 College Drive, Box 583 president 98 percent $16,696 Pineville 71359 www.lacollege.edu

Dillard University 851 Marvalene Hughes 35 percent $13,000 business, public health, nursing, educational and psychological 2601 Gentilly Blvd. president 94 percent $13,000 studies, humanities, natural science, nursing, social sciences, New Orleans 70122 www.dillard.edu teacher certification, urban studies, social welfare and criminal justice Centenary College 796 Ken Schwab 92 percent $20,940 music, pre-med, pre-law, fine arts/performance, business, 2911 Centenary Blvd. president 97 percent NA education, MBA, masters of education, communications Shreveport 71104 www.centenary.edu

William Carey University, 210 Dr. Nadine James NA $12,000 bachelor of science in nursing, bachelor of general studies Louisiana campus dean of nursing NA $12,000 3939 Gentilly Blvd. www.wmcarey.edu New Orleans 70126 Notre Dame Seminary 98 David Liberto 19 percent $15,709 theology 2901 S. Carrollton Ave. academic dean 0 percent NA New Orleans 70118 José I. Lavastida president-rector www.nds.edu Concordia University 82 Charlene D. Mora 95 percent NA associate, bachelor and master degrees 3864 17th St. director of the New 76 percent NA Metairie 70002 Orleans Center www.cuw.edu/ neworleans Saint Joseph Seminary 80 Rev. Gregory Boquet NA NA philosophy, theology, liberal arts College president and rector NA NA 75376 River Road www.sjasc.com St. Benedict 70435 *The annual tuition is for Southern Baptist students. NA=not available. Enrollment and tuition information is provided by the Louisiana Board of Regents and the colleges and universities themselves. Any additions or corrections should be sent on school letterhead to Research, New Orleans CityBusiness, 111 Veterans Blvd., Suite 1440, Metairie 70005

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Total Top administrator Percent of applicants enrollment Title admitted Name spring 2008 E-mail Percent of students Year Address semester Internet address receiving financial aid founded In-state tuition Academic specialties Delgado Community 13,179 Ron Wright 100 percent 1921 $805 for 12-plus allied health, nursing, technology, business, College chancellor 80 percent credit hours general studies, maritime, culinary, English as a 615 City Park Ave. [email protected] second language, GED preparation New Orleans 70119 www.dcc.edu

Baton Rouge 7,003 Myrtle E.B. Dorsey 100 percent 1995 $927 tuition and business, applied sciences, process technology, Community College chancellor 31 percent fees for one nursing, general science 201 Community College [email protected] semester Drive www.mybrcc.edu Baton Rouge 70806

Bossier Parish 4,778 Thomas Carleton 100 percent 1967 $924 work force training, allied health fields, general Community College chancellor 75 percent studies, culinary arts 6220 E. Texas St. [email protected] Bossier City 71111 www.bpcc.edu

South Louisiana 3,151 Jan Brobst 100 percent 1997 $968/semester criminal justice, general studies, care and Community College chancellor 43 percent (full-time) development of young children, emergency 320 Devalcourt St. [email protected] medical technology-paramedics, general business, Lafayette 70506 www.southlouisiana.edu industrial technology, liberal arts

Louisiana State 2,707 William J. Nunez 99 percent 1967 $1213.25 per business and technology, fire and emergency University at Eunice chancellor 70 percent semester, full services, early childhood education, nursing and P.O. Box 1129 [email protected] time allied health, paralegal, science Eunice 70535 www.lsue.edu

Southern University at 2,100 Ray L. Belton 95 percent 1964 $1,159 per allied health, behavioral sciences, business Shreveport chancellor 98 percent semester studies, humanities, science and technology 3050 Martin Luther King [email protected] Jr. Drive www.susla.edu Shreveport 71107

Louisiana Delta 1,700 Luke P. Robins 100 percent 2001 $1,000 liberal arts, general science, applied science Community College chancellor 70 percent business technology, childhood development, high 4014 LaSalle St. [email protected] school bridge program Monroe 71203 www.ladelta.cc.la.us

Nunez Community 1,347 Thomas Warner 98 percent 1992 $874 practical nursing, early childhood education, College chancellor 80 percent culinary, industrial technology, process technology 3710 Paris Road [email protected] Chalmette 70043 www.nunez.edu

River Parishes 1,109 Joe Ben Welch 98 percent 1997 $782 for 12 credit liberal arts, general studies, general science, Community College chancellor 60 percent hours teaching P.O. Box 310 [email protected] Sorrento 70778 www.rpcc.edu

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