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The school originally opened as George Washington Carver Senior High School in 1961. [3] It was a public high school operated by New Orleans Public Schools, then Recovery School District starting in 2005. [4] Prior to Hurricane Katrina the school had about 1,300 students. After Katrina, the original building was demolished. [5]
The Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB), branded as NOLA Public Schools, governs the public school system that serves New Orleans, Louisiana. It includes the entirety of Orleans Parish, coterminous with the city of New Orleans. [3] The OPSB directly administers 6 schools and has granted charters to another 18.
The school is five blocks away from the former Alcee Fortier High School, now the Lusher Charter School secondary campus. As Hurricane Katrina was about to hit, the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA) designated McMain as a place where people could receive transportation to the Louisiana Superdome , a shelter of last resort.
In 2021, U.S. News & World Report ranked the school as the best public high school in Louisiana and the 64th best in the United States. [11] Ben Franklin is a member of the Louisiana High School Athletic Association and offers a variety of sports programs. Extracurricular activities are also offered in the form of performing arts, school ...
August 29 marks the 10-year anniversary of the day that Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana, and since then, New Orleans and surrounding areas have never been the same.
Christian Brothers School [1]. Includes two campuses: Canal Street Campus (former St. Anthony of Padua School) in Mid-City, [2] and the City Park (original) campus. [3]The school has a PK-4 coeducational elementary school in both locations, an all girls' 5-7 middle school in Canal Street, and an all boys' 5-7 middle school in City Park.
As a part of the New Orleans Public Schools, Lawless opened its doors to African American students on January 27, 1964, as historically the first high school in the Lower Ninth Ward. [1] Prior to Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005, the school had about 900 students. The campus was severely damaged by Katrina.
After Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, Reed was moved to an alternate location, where it stayed until October 2006. During that month it moved to its original building, which at that time housed middle and high school classes. [7] Sarah T. Reed closed in spring 2014. The Recovery School District stated that there were plans to reopen Reed in ...