The International School of Louisiana’a Camp Street campus.
The school leadership deliberated for months on how to handle rising enrollment in its upper grades at Camp Street, finally settling on a satellite campus in an office building on Thalia several months ago. As lease negotiations progressed, however, the building was suddenly sold to a new buyer that refused to rent the space to the school, ISL officials announced earlier this month.
In a letter dated Wednesday, ISL Head of School Sean Wilson informed neighbors that the administration’s solution for the 2013-14 school year will be a modular classroom in a yard at the corner of Magazine and Euterpe.
The school’s governing board will be discussing the decision at 6 p.m. today (Wednesday, April 24) at the school. For more details, see the letter from Wilson below:
Dear Neighbor,
I’m writing to inform you that the International School of Louisiana will install a modular classroom building onsite for the 2013-14 school year. Enrollment on the Camp St. campus has increased as the number of available school sites in the city has decreased. ISL has looked into and attempted to secure other options but unfortunately has not been able to find another suitable alternative. A classroom building will be installed on the grass yard at the corner of Magazine and Euterpe Streets.
Please know school administration is aware that any additional buildings will need to be suitable to the neighborhood and that in planning ISL administration will take care to work with an architect to make them as eye appealing as possible and also to minimize the impact with vines on the fence and foliage where possible.
There is a Board of Trustees meeting Wednesday evening, April 24, at 6pm. You are welcome to attend.
