Booker T. Washington High School (New Orleans)
Booker T. Washington High School was a high school in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
In 1992 Michael Lach and Michael Loverude of the Christian Science Monitor stated "Based on test scores, dropout rates, and socioeconomic status of the students, the schools we taught in were two of the worst high schools in the country - Booker T. Washington and Alcee Fortier high schools. Given these circumstances, both schools do a fine job, but students leave deserving so much more."[1]
Booker T. Washington High School was abandoned after Hurricane Katrina.[2] A new location of New Orleans College Prep will be built on the Booker T. Washington site, moving from the former Sylvanie Williams Elementary School.[3]
Notable alumni
- Joseph Bouie, Jr., member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 97 in Orleans Parish since 2015; former faculty member and administrator at Southern University at New Orleans.[4]
References
- ↑ Lach, Michael and Michael Loverude. "Our Abandoned Teachers." The Christian Science Monitor. August 31, 1992. Start Page 19. Opinion section. Retrieved on March 18, 2013. Available at ProQuest.
- ↑ "Ghost schools haunt New Orleans neighborhoods"
- ↑ Vanacore, Andrew. "Design unveiled for new school on Booker T. Washington site." The Times-Picayune. March 14, 2012. Retrieved on March 18, 2013.
- ↑ "Joseph Bouie, Jr.". house.louisiana.gov. Retrieved April 26, 2015.