Renovations to begin this month on Audubon’s Broadway campus, while Banneker Elementary prepares move to Hollygrove

 Posted by at 11:29 am  city government, colleges, neighborhood groups, public safety, schools
Apr 122012
 

Audubon Charter School's Broadway campus.

Renovations on Audubon Charter School’s Broadway campus are scheduled to begin this month, neighbors learned Wednesday night, while Benjamin Banneker prepares to move to a new campus in Hollygrove. Continue reading »

Johnson supporters take another stand for Priestley site; dual high school plan for Booker T. Washington campus questioned

 Posted by at 6:38 pm  schools
Nov 162011
 

The exterior of Booker T. Washington High School on South Roman Street (via Preservation Resource Center)

Supporters of Johnson Elementary took another passionate stand in support of the school’s move to the more desirable site of the old Priestley campus during a Recovery School District public hearing Wednesday evening, while Booker T. Washington supporters questioned a plan to tear down and rebuild most of that historic building to house two separate high schools, including a charter-run version of Walter L. Cohen.

Two deputy superintendents promised the Carrollton neighborhood leaders that they would be involved in an upcoming feasibility study of the Priestley site. To questions about the plans for Booker T. Washington plan, they replied only that nothing is final and that they are continuing to hear concerns from the community. Continue reading »

KIPP on South Carrollton headed to Gentilly, Banneker to Hollygrove, RSD says

 Posted by at 12:22 pm  recovery, schools
Nov 152011
 

KIPP Believe College Prep on South Carrollton is headed to a new school building in Gentilly, and Benjamin Banneker Elementary in the Riverbend is slated for a new campus in Hollygrove, according to school assignment plans being aired publicly by the Recovery School District this week. Continue reading »