New Orleans’ last two traditional public high schools have another suitor: InspireNOLA
Two charter organizations are vying to take over New Orleans’ last two traditional public high schools. One is a new charter network organized by the schools’ principals; the other is an experienced charter group in the city.
The principals of Eleanor McMain Secondary School and McDonogh 35 Senior High School are part of the ExCEED Network, which wants to convert those schools to charters along with the other three traditional schools run by the Orleans Parish School District.
InspireNOLA Charter Schools, which runs three schools, wants to create another like its Edna Karr High School, which has an A rating from the state.
McMain and McDonogh 35 have long histories, and InspireNOLA wants to preserve those traditions, said InspireNOLA CEO Jamar McKneely.
