Orleans Parish School Board
Public school system in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB), branded as NOLA Public Schools, governs the public school system that serves New Orleans, Louisiana. It includes the entirety of Orleans Parish, coterminous with New Orleans.[3]
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Orleans Parish School Board | |
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Location | |
2401 Westbend Parkway
United StatesNew Orleans, LA 70114 | |
Coordinates | 29.928789°N 90.020757°W / 29.928789; -90.020757 (District office) |
District information | |
Type | Public |
Motto | Our job is building for the future |
Grades | PK - 12 |
Established | 1841 (1841) |
President | Olin Parker |
Vice-president | Dr. Jancarlos (J.C.) Wagner-Romero |
Superintendent | Dr. Avis Williams |
Asst. superintendent(s) | Mary K. Garton |
Schools | 20[1] |
NCES District ID | 2201170[2] |
Students and staff | |
Students | approximately 15,500 (excludes RSD- & BESE-chartered public schools) |
Other information | |
Website | nolapublicschools |
The OPSB directly administers 6 schools and has granted charters to another 18. Though the Orleans Parish School Board has retained ownership of all the assets of the New Orleans Public Schools system, including all school buildings, approximately 93% of students attending publicly-funded schools post-Katrina in Orleans Parish attended charter schools.[4][5]
Schools previously operating under the Recovery School District umbrella within Orleans Parish after Katrina were, as of the fall of 2014, publicly funded and privately operated charter schools.[1][4][6] The RSD returned all its schools to the OPSB in 2018.
The headquarters of the OPSB is in the West Bank neighborhood of Algiers.[7]