Officials turn dirt at the groundbreaking ceremony of the new Little Woods Elementary School in New Orleans East.
Groundbreaking - Officials, and community members gathered at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new state-of-the-art Little Woods Elementary School in New Orleans East on Tuesday, Nov.29. at 10 a.m. The 99,016-square-foot, three-story building is designed to serve approximately 450 students. At a cost of $23.9 million, the concrete and steel-frame structure will include classrooms, administrative offices, guidance offices, a media center, cafeteria, kitchen, band and music facilities, art classrooms, a gymnasium with locker rooms, special education classrooms, computer labs, science labs and a black box theater. Serving Pre-kindergarten to 8th grade, the school is expected to be completed by early 2013.
Accolades and Awards
11/10/2010 – The Recovery School District has received the U.S. Green Building Council 2010 Leadership Awards, recognizing organizations and individuals that signify vision, leadership and commitment to the evolution of green building design and construction. The awards were presented during the Closing Plenary on Friday, Nov. 19, during USGBC’s 2010 Greenbuild International Conference & Expo held in Chicago, Ill. Read more
Water cistern at Wilson Charter School
U.S. Green Building Council Recognizes Capital Program
(From The Times-Picayune) 1/26/2010 – Angela Etheredge arrived at Saturday’s school groundbreaking in Lakeview with her three young children, who she hopes will all attend the brand-new Edward Hynes Elementary once it’s finished. She joined a crowd of school officials, teachers, neighbors and parents, most of whom have spent nearly five years impatiently waiting for construction to begin. Read more
June 23 – Langston Hughes School has been awarded LEED® Silver certification, established by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and verified by the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI). LEED is the nation’s preeminent program for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings.
Andrew Wilson School
- South Central Construction: Award of Excellence – Architectural Design
- South Central Construction: Award of Excellence – K-12 Education
- ASID South Central Chapter: Silver Award for Sustainable Interiors
Publications:
- Building of America Gold Medal Award Feature
- American School and University 2010 Educational Interiors Showcase
- Featured in Landscape Architect Magazine (Permeable Pavers)
- New Orleans Magazine: Best New Architecture: The Top Five in New Orleans (March 2011)
Lake Area (Greater Gentilly High School)
- Learning By Design: Publisher’s Commendation Award (Spring 2011)
- As an award recipient, Lake Area School was showcased in the Architectural Exhibit, April 9-11, 2011 in San Francisco at the NSBA Annual Conference.
Joseph A. Craig
- 10 Best Award: Award of Excellence 2010 from McGraw Hill Construction, South Central Region.
L.B. Landry
- AIA (American Institute of Architects) Gulf States Merit Award
- Architectural Record Magazine: Schools of the 21st Century (January 2011)
- New Orleans Magazine: Best New Architecture: The Top Five in New Orleans (March 2011)
- L.B. Landry High School has received a 2011 AIA New Orleans Honor Award, submitted by Eskew+Dumez+Ripple.
In addition, the project has received the following recognition through submittals by Satterfield & Pontikes Construction Group:
- 2010 ABC Excellence in Construction Chapter Award
- 2010 South Central Construction, Best of Louisiana – Best Green Building
Langston Hughes
- LEED Silver certification June 2011, U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)
Demographic projections released
As part of the bi-annual review of the Master Plan, the Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB) and the Recovery School District (RSD) commissioned a demographic study to provide forecasts for public school enrollment in Orleans Parish. Staff from the OPSB and RSD will review the data to develop recommendations to the superintendents for any needed changes to the Master Plan.
Best New Architecture
Two new schools, Andrew Wilson in Broadmoor and L.B. Landry in Algiers, have been named to New Orleans magazine’s Top 5 list of Best New Architecture in New Orleans. Writer John Klingman praises the renovated and new spaces of Wilson, which opened in January 2010. “Architecturally, this junction of old and new is highly memorable.” Klingman describes Landry, which opened in August 2010, as “an outstanding work of contemporary design,” that is both a “formidable building from the outside and a bright, generous, highly commodious building on the inside.”
Groundbreakings for Fannie C. Williams, Lawrence D. Crocker
12/16/2010 – Separate groundbreakings this week herald the start of construction of two new state-of-the-art schools in New Orleans. The first event will take place on Tuesday, December 14, for the new Fannie C. Williams School, 11755 Dwyer Road in New Orleans East. On Thursday, December 16, a groundbreaking will take place for the new Lawrence D. Crocker School, 2300 General Taylor Street in the Broadmoor neighborhood. Read more
Lakeview Residents Celebrate Hynes Groundbreaking
(From The Times-Picayune) 1/26/2010 – Angela Etheredge arrived at Saturday’s school groundbreaking in Lakeview with her three young children, who she hopes will all attend the brand-new Edward Hynes Elementary once it’s finished. She joined a crowd of school officials, teachers, neighbors and parents, most of whom have spent nearly five years impatiently waiting for construction to begin. Read more
Groundbreaking for Parkview School
12/03/2010 – School officials and city and community leaders gathered at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new, state-of-the-art Parkview School at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, December 6, 2010. The ceremony will take place at 4617 Mirabeau Avenue. It will be the fifth school groundbreaking in New Orleans since November 4. Read more
Event Marks Start of Woodson Construction
11/19/2010 – School and city leaders will celebrate the start of construction on the new Carter G. Woodson School at a groundbreaking ceremony on Monday November 22, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. The work is part of an ambitious school construction program in which more than 80 schools will be built or totally renovated.
Construction Begins on Historic Frantz School
11/16/2010 – William Frantz Elementary School became a symbol of change 50 years ago as one of the first New Orleans schools to be desegregated. On Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010, officials ushered in a new era for the school with an event celebrating the start of a $24 million renovation and addition to the historic building. Frantz is located at 3811 North Galvez Street in the Upper Ninth Ward. Read more
Bienville Groundbreaking held
11/08/2010 – A groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the start of construction on the new Bienville School, 1456 Gardena Drive in Gentilly, took place on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010, at 10:30 a.m. The event is the second of eight school groundbreakings taking place in eight consecutive weeks as part of a sweeping construction program guided by School Facilities Master Plan for Orleans Parish, a joint effort of the Recovery School District and Orleans Parish School Board.
A New School for New Orleans East
11/04/2010 - On Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010, school officials and neighborhood and political leaders celebrated the start of construction of the first new public school building in New Orleans East since Hurricane Katrina. A 10:30 a.m. groundbreaking is set for the new, state-of-the-art Mildred Osborne School, 6701 Curran Blvd. The event is one of eight school groundbreakings scheduled in the next eight weeks, part of an unprecedented school construction program that began as a result of the devastating impact of Katrina. Read more
