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ENCORE Academy finally arrives home in Crocker building
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After a long-running search for a building followed by a temporary stint at the Touro Synagogue that was prolonged by a hurricane, ENCORE Academy has finally made it to the new Crocker school building that will serve as the new charter school’s home for its first school year. Construction still continues around much of the Crocker campus; large pallets are stacked on the unfinished floor of the massive gym, and contractors continue their work long after the school day is over. But those who see the building’s spacious classrooms, wide hallways and cutting-edge technology for the first time, said School Leader Terri L. Smith, all share her own amazement. “Parents come in, and they just say, ‘Wow,'” Smith said Tuesday evening as she gave a brief tour of the building to members of the ENCORE school board and other visitors. After receiving its charter from the Orleans Parish School Board in January, ENCORE leaders originally thought they might renovate a Broadmoor-area warehouse into a new school building.