Alcée Fortier High School was a high school in Uptown New Orleans, Louisiana that served grades 8–12. It was located five blocks away from McMain Secondary School. [1]
The school opened in 1931 and was named for the renowned professor of Romance Languages at Tulane, Alcée Fortier. [2] Originally Fortier was an all-boys school. [1]
In 1992, Michael Lach and Michael Loverude of The Christian Science Monitor stated "Based on test scores, dropout rates, and socioeconomic status of the students, the schools we taught in were two of the worst high schools in the country - Booker T. Washington and Alcee Fortier high schools. Given these circumstances, both schools do a fine job, but students leave deserving so much more." [3]
Around 2003, the school made an "academically unacceptable" list. [4] In 2006, John Schmid of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel said that Fortier was considered to be one of the "worst" schools in Louisiana. [5] The high school closed in 2006. [6]
Lusher Charter School's secondary campus opened in the former Alcée Fortier building. [5]
The school offered German after its 1931 opening. About 150 students per academic period studied German. German was discontinued in the New Orleans school system in 1938, with the approach of World War II. [2]
Football championships
Alcée Fortier High School was a high school in Uptown New Orleans, Louisiana that served grades 8–12. It was located five blocks away from McMain Secondary School. [1]
The school opened in 1931 and was named for the renowned professor of Romance Languages at Tulane, Alcée Fortier. [2] Originally Fortier was an all-boys school. [1]
In 1992, Michael Lach and Michael Loverude of The Christian Science Monitor stated "Based on test scores, dropout rates, and socioeconomic status of the students, the schools we taught in were two of the worst high schools in the country - Booker T. Washington and Alcee Fortier high schools. Given these circumstances, both schools do a fine job, but students leave deserving so much more." [3]
Around 2003, the school made an "academically unacceptable" list. [4] In 2006, John Schmid of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel said that Fortier was considered to be one of the "worst" schools in Louisiana. [5] The high school closed in 2006. [6]
Lusher Charter School's secondary campus opened in the former Alcée Fortier building. [5]
The school offered German after its 1931 opening. About 150 students per academic period studied German. German was discontinued in the New Orleans school system in 1938, with the approach of World War II. [2]
Football championships