Post by melinda on Oct 5, 2005 12:35:24 GMT -5
From the Tulane University Web site:
For Immediate Release : October 5, 2005
Tulane University and Lusher to Launch New Charter School
Tulane University has partnered with Lusher Elementary and Middle School through the Advocates for Arts-based Education organization to establish a new K-12 charter school at Lusher’s now-shuttered campuses on Willow Street and Carrollton Avenue. Advocates for Arts-based Education is a non-profit organization that supports Lusher’s arts-based curriculum.
The charter school will open in January with a teaching staff consisting of current Lusher faculty supplemented by members of Teach For America and other certified teachers. Tulane will provide up to $1.5 million toward salaries and supplies for the school’s spring term while the state will contribute approximately $1.75 million.
The proposal to establish the school was recently approved by the Orleans Parish School Board by a 5-1 vote, with one abstention. Charter schools are public schools approved by the school board that operate independent of its authority.
Tulane and Lusher officials are preparing the school for 1,000 students. As part of the charter, the children of Tulane University faculty and staff and its affiliated partners will be given spots at the new charter school between January and June 2006. The Tulane-affiliated students will enroll at the school along with all returning Lusher students. After Tulane-affiliated students and those students who were enrolled in Lusher by August 2005 are re-enrolled, applications will be accepted from any other interested students citywide.
Since it is unclear whether Orleans Parish public schools will open for the spring term system-wide, Tulane, the largest private employer in Orleans Parish, said establishing the school is essential to bringing back its employees and re-starting its world-class research university by January.
“One of the cornerstones for rebuilding New Orleans will be its K-12 education system. Establishing this school, which will follow the successful Lusher model in that it will be racially diverse and will serve students from all socio-economic backgrounds, is a major milestone in the renaissance of our
For Immediate Release : October 5, 2005
Tulane University and Lusher to Launch New Charter School
Tulane University has partnered with Lusher Elementary and Middle School through the Advocates for Arts-based Education organization to establish a new K-12 charter school at Lusher’s now-shuttered campuses on Willow Street and Carrollton Avenue. Advocates for Arts-based Education is a non-profit organization that supports Lusher’s arts-based curriculum.
The charter school will open in January with a teaching staff consisting of current Lusher faculty supplemented by members of Teach For America and other certified teachers. Tulane will provide up to $1.5 million toward salaries and supplies for the school’s spring term while the state will contribute approximately $1.75 million.
The proposal to establish the school was recently approved by the Orleans Parish School Board by a 5-1 vote, with one abstention. Charter schools are public schools approved by the school board that operate independent of its authority.
Tulane and Lusher officials are preparing the school for 1,000 students. As part of the charter, the children of Tulane University faculty and staff and its affiliated partners will be given spots at the new charter school between January and June 2006. The Tulane-affiliated students will enroll at the school along with all returning Lusher students. After Tulane-affiliated students and those students who were enrolled in Lusher by August 2005 are re-enrolled, applications will be accepted from any other interested students citywide.
Since it is unclear whether Orleans Parish public schools will open for the spring term system-wide, Tulane, the largest private employer in Orleans Parish, said establishing the school is essential to bringing back its employees and re-starting its world-class research university by January.
“One of the cornerstones for rebuilding New Orleans will be its K-12 education system. Establishing this school, which will follow the successful Lusher model in that it will be racially diverse and will serve students from all socio-economic backgrounds, is a major milestone in the renaissance of our