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Bricolage Academy hosts open house, begins application period

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Bricolage Academy, the new charter school approved by the Orleans Parish School Board after several years of planning in the Schools 4.0 think tank, will hold an open house at Rosa Keller Library in Broadmoor at 6 p.m. Wednesday (Jan. 16) — the first day the school will begin accepting applications for its inaugural kindergarten classes. For details, see the following announcement from school leaders:

Open House This Wednesday! Applications Will Be Available

Bricolage Academy will hold an open house Wednesday, January 16th at the Rosa Keller Library and Community Center at 6:00 PM. School leadership team members will provide more information about Bricolage and will answer questions from interested parents and community members.

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4.0 Schools entrepreneur looks Uptown for new school startup

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A multimillion dollar effort to fundamentally rebuild public education from the ground up is looking for an Uptown location for the launch of its first charter school in New Orleans, and plans a public meeting Thursday in Carrollton to discuss its plans. Bricolage Academy “will deliberately preserve New Orleans’ diversity, culture and spirit of innovation” by emphasizing science and entrepreneurship to a group of students from families at all income levels, according to its website. When it opens with a pre-kindergarten and kindergarten in 2013, Bricolage will be the culmination of years of research into education reform in an innovation incubator called 4.0 Schools. “The average life expectancy of a multinational corporation is between 40 and 50 years,” reads the 4.0 Schools website. “The design of our current education system dates back to the late 19th Century.”