G. W. Carver High School (New Orleans)
G. W. Carver High School is a high school in the Desire Area,[1] in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans.[2] It is a public charter high school.
| G. W. Carver High School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
3059 Higgins Blvd. , 70126 United States | |
| Coordinates | 29°59′40″N 90°02′20″W / 29.9943563°N 90.038997°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public Charter |
| Established | 2016 |
| Grades | 9 to 12 |
| Campus type | Inner-city |
| Color(s) | Kelly green and orange |
| Athletics | LHSAA |
| Team name | Rams |
| Website | http://collegiateacademies.org/GWCarverHighSchool |
History
George Washington Carver Senior High School
The school originally opened as George Washington Carver Senior High School in 1961.[3] It was a public high school operated by New Orleans Public Schools, then Recovery School District starting in 2005.[4] Prior to Hurricane Katrina the school had about 1,300 students. After Katrina, the original building was demolished.[5] In August 2007, the Recovery School District (RSD) placed students from Carver and Marshall Middle School in twenty-four temporary trailers on the site of Holy Cross High School in the south end of the Lower Ninth Ward. In September 2007, the students were to move to another set of trailers on the original Carver Senior High campus.[1]
Carver Collegiate Academy and Carver Preparatory Academy
In 2012, the Recovery School District opted to phase out Carver as a direct-run school and brought in charter school operator Collegiate Academies.[6] Collegiate Academies then opened two charter high schools, George Washington Carver Collegiate Academy (CCA) and George Washington Carver Preparatory Academy (CPA).[6][7] The schools also moved to Eastern New Orleans before moving back to the original Carver Senior High campus.[8]
G. W. Carver High School
In 2014, ground was broken on a new building for G. W. Carver Collegiate Academy and G. W. Carver Preparatory Academy on the original Carver Senior High campus.[3] In 2016, the new building was completed and for the opening of the new building, Collegiate Academies merged the two charter academies to become G. W. Carver High School still under the management of the charter school operator.[7]
After hurricane Katrina, the legislature allocated $1.5 million to build a new athletic field for Carver.[9] In 2019, although $1,000,000 had been spent the field had not been built.[10]
Athletics
G. W. Carver athletics competes in the LHSAA.[11] The school offers basketball, football, track and field and volleyball.
Carver has an on-campus football stadium featuring bleachers and lighting.[12]
Notable alumni
George Washington Carver Senior High School
- Frank Cornish Jr., NFL defensive tackle
- Marshall Faulk, NFL running back
- Dee Martin, NFL defensive back
- Kerry Parker, NFL defensive back
- Robert Woods, NFL wide receiver
References
- ^ a b Maxwell, Lesli A. "Up From the Ruins." Education Week. Published online on September 27, 2007. Published in print on October 3, 2007 as "Up From the Ruins." Retrieved on April 1, 2013.
- ^ Waller, Mark. "L.B. Landry High School in Algiers overcomes early chaos to finish school year smoothly." The Times-Picayune. May 18, 2011. Retrieved on March 17, 2013. "Green said he arrived from Carver High School in the 9th Ward,[...]"
- ^ a b "Breaking ground on new Carver school campus in Upper Ninth Ward". wdsu.com. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
- ^ "Read Online". speno2015.com. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
- ^ a b Longman, Jere. "Where Waters Receded, Scars Remain." The New York Times. January 30, 2013. Retrieved on March 17, 2013.
- ^ a b "Board vows to move forward with plans to incubate two high schools at Carver". thelensnola.org. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
- ^ a b "Marching in Mardi Gras, a New Orleans school that once struggled shows off". hechingerreport.org. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
- ^ "Recovery School District will be country's first all-charter district in September 2014". nola.com. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
- ^ "Empty Field of Dreams". October 1, 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
- ^ Zurik, lEE (October 31, 2019). "Alumni gather seeking answers from Field of Dreams Board, leave with few answers". Retrieved 1 November 2019.
- ^ "George Washington Carver High School". lhsaa.org. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
- ^ "Brian Bordainick a difference maker for Carver High School's Field of Dreams". nola.com. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
- ^ "George Washington Carver Alumni Pro". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
External links
- G. W. Carver High School website