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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 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]
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 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. [7] After Hurricane Katrina, McMain remained under the Orleans Parish School Board and later the Recovery School District.
In 2015, the school signed a contract with New Orleans Public Schools, making the school the first to return to the district's authority since Katrina. [8] On December 10, 2024, the Orleans Parish School Board voted to close Dr. King Charter High School at the conclusion of the 2024-25 school year, citing low enrollment and poor academic ...
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.
In July 2018, John F. Kennedy High School reopened in the former Greater Gentilly and Lake Area New Tech Early College High School building and was run by the New Beginnings Schools Foundation. [2] [3] In July 2019, it was announced that The New Beginnings Foundation would relinquish control of John F. Kennedy following a grades changing ...
In January 2006, the administrations of St. Mary's Academy, St. Augustine High School, and Xavier University Preparatory collaborated to establish the MAX School of New Orleans. This guaranteed the post-Katrina survival of the three historically African-American Roman Catholic High Schools in New Orleans. [citation needed] The school was later ...