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New Orleans Public Schools is a public school district that serves all of New Orleans, Louisiana. The school district is governed by the Orleans Parish School Board.

[edit] Website evaluation

Main article: Evaluation of Louisiana school district websites

[edit] The good

  • Pupil progression plan is available.[1]
  • School board members are listed with contact information.[2]
  • Board meeting minutes, schedules, and agendas are published. [3]
  • The current budget is published. [4]
  • Audits are posted.[5]
  • Current bids and summary bids are posted.[6]
  • Administrators are listed with contact information.[7]

[edit] The bad

  • Site does not have a search function.
  • Does not provide information on taxes, contracts, and background checks.
  • There is no procedure for requesting public records.

[edit] Lobbying

  • The school board is part of the lobbying group Time to Renew Education with a goal to urge people to vote for millage proposals. This is published on its website.
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[edit] Schools

Fifty three public schools opened in New Orleans for the 2006-2007 school year. This number includes a combination of schools run by NOPS or the RSD, or chartered by NOPS or the RSD. As of November 2006, the district is approaching half of it’s pre-Katrina enrollment. 36% of the students are enrolled in independent charter schools, 18% in the ACSA charter network, 35% in the state-run RSD, and 11% in the few remaining district-run schools.

NOPS directly runs five schools and has chartered 12. The RSD operates 23 schools and has chartered 18. Additionally, two schools were chartered by the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE).

[edit] NOPS charter schools

As of fall 2006, the following NOPS charter schools are open:

[edit] RSD-operated schools

  • Albert Wicker Elementary
  • A.P. Tureaud Elementary (Marie Couvent)
  • Benjamin Banneker Elementary School
  • Colton Academy
  • Dr. Charles Drew Elementary School
  • Edward Livingston High School
  • Frederick A. Douglass High School
  • James Johnson Elementary
  • John Dibert Elementary
  • John McDonogh High School
  • Josesph Clark High School
  • Joseph Craig Elementary School
  • Laurel Elementary
  • Live Oak Elementary
  • McDonogh #42 Elementary
  • Murray Henderson Elementary
  • Paul Habans Elementary
  • Rabouin High School
  • Reed Elementary
  • Reep Jr. High
  • Reed High School
  • Rosenwald Elementary
  • Schwartz Alternative School
  • Walter L. Cohen High School

[edit] RSD charter schools

  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School for Science and Technology Elementary
  • Edward P. Harney Elementary
  • Eisenhower Elementary
  • Fischer Elementary
  • James M. Singleton Charter School (Dryades YMCA)
  • KIPP Believe College Prep a school [1]
  • Lafayette Academy
  • Martin Berhman Elementary School
  • McDonogh 15: A KIPP Transformation School [2]
  • McDonogh 28 Elementary
  • McDonogh 32 Elementary
  • Medard Nelson UNO Charter School
  • New Orleans Free Elementary
  • O. Perry Walker High School
  • Pierre A. Capdau Charter School
  • Priestly Charter School
  • S.J. Green Charter School
  • Sophie B. Wright Charter School

[edit] BESE charter schools

  • International School
  • Milestone/Sabis Charter School

[edit] Algiers Charter Schools Association

The Algiers Charter Schools Association is a system of eight charter schools that including schools affiliated with NOPS and the RSD.

[edit] Schools that have not opened yet

  • Abrams School
  • Abramson High School(possibly a math and science center)
  • Alexander Elementary (McDonogh 39)
  • Allen Elementary (Permanently changed to Science and Math High)
  • Alternative High
  • Armstrong School (McDonogh #19)
  • Ash School
  • Augustine Middle (S. J. Peters)
  • Baudit Elementary
  • Bell Jr. High
  • Bienville School
  • Bradley School
  • Carver Middle
  • Carver High
  • Chester School
  • Coghill School
  • Crocker Elementary
  • Crossman Elementary
  • Drew Elementary
  • Dunbar School
  • Edison School
  • Edwards School
  • Fisk-Howard School
  • Fortier High School (Permanently changed to Lusher Charter)
  • Frantz School
  • Gaudet School
  • Gentilly Terrace Elementary
  • Gordon School
  • Gregory Jr. High School
  • Guste School
  • Haley School (Gayarre)
  • Hansberry School
  • Hardin School
  • Harte
  • Hoffman School
  • Hughes School (Edward Douglas White)
  • Hynes School
  • Jackson School
  • Moris F.X. Jeff Elementary (McDonogh #31)
  • Jones Elementary
  • Jordan School (McDonogh #40)
  • Kennedy High(possibly becoming an elderly nursing home)
  • Lafon School
  • Lake Area Middle (Schaumburg Elementary)
  • Landry High
  • Lawless High
  • Little Woods School
  • Livingston Middle
  • Lockett School
  • Marshall Middle (Beauregard)
  • McDonogh 7
  • Mondy Elementary
  • Mondy School (William O. Rogers)
  • Morial Elementary
  • New Orleans East Educational Center
  • NOPS Technology Center
  • Osborne Elementary
  • Parkview Fundamental Magnet (Claiborne)
  • Phillips Jr. High
  • Schaumburg School
  • Shaw School
  • Sherwood Forest School
  • Terrell Magnet
  • Urban League Street Academy
  • Village De L'est School (became Einstein Charter School)
  • Washington, Booker T., High (was to become a trade school pre-Katrina)
  • Water Elementary
  • Wheatly School
  • Williams, Fannie Middle School
  • Williams, Sylvanie School
  • Wilson School
  • Woodson Middle
  • Jean Gordon Elementary

[edit] External links

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