ReNEW Schools is a charter school management organization in
New Orleans, United States. Its headquarters are in the Batiste Cultural Arts Academy school facility, in the former Live Oak Elementary School in the
Irish Channel neighborhood. ReNEW is a charter management organization that specializes in acquiring low performing schools.
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" '' The Times-Picayune''. Thursday August 26, 2010. Updated Monday May 28, 2012. Retrieved on April 1, 2013. "Last year, the Batiste building on Constance Street in the Garden District was occupied by Live Oak Elementary."
Around 2009 Live Oak Elementary School was performing so poorly that
Paul Vallas
Paul Gust Vallas (born June 10, 1953) is an American politician and former superintendent of the Bridgeport Public Schools and the Recovery School District of Louisiana, former CEO of both the School District of Philadelphia and the Chicago Public ...
, the head of the
Recovery School District (RSD), gave the school to the ReNEW.
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In 2019, the ReNEW staff announced to their staff via e-mail that they would be closing both McDonough City Park Academy and ReNEW Cultural Arts Academy. It is anticipated that ]Firstline Schools Firstline Schools is a charter school operator in New Orleans, Louisiana. Firstline currently operates four K-8 schools as well as one high school.
K-8 Schools
Firstline schools currently operates four elementary schools: Samuel J. Green Chart ...
, a competing charter group, will be granted a charter for a school at the Cultural Arts Academy location.
Schools
* ReNEW SciTech Academy (former Laurel Elementary School) - Lower Garden District
* Schaumburg Elementary School (beginning in the 2013–2014 school year) - East New Orleans
New Orleans East is the eastern section of New Orleans, the newest section of the city. It is bounded by the Industrial Canal, the Intracoastal Waterway and Lake Pontchartrain. Developed extensively from the 1950s onward, its numerous residential ...
* Dolores T. Aaron Academy (formerly Reed/Little Woods Elementary)- East New Orleans
Closed
* ReNEW Cultural Arts Academy (former Live Oak Elementary School) - Irish Channel (Closed in 2018)
* ReNEW Accelerated High School (former Agnes Baudit Elementary School) (Closed in 2019)
* McDonogh City Park Academy - Mid-City (Closed in 2018)
* ReNEW Early Childhood Center at McNair Formerly KiPP Believe! (Closed in 2019)
References
External links
ReNEW Schools
Education in New Orleans
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