New Orleans College Preparatory Academies or New Orleans College Prep ( NOCP ) is a charter school operator in New Orleans , Louisiana . It originally had its headquarters and its original campus in the former Sylvanie Williams Elementary School in Central City . The Cohen building is in Uptown .
6-554: NOCP currently holds charters for Sylvanie Williams College Prep, Crocker College Prep Elementary and Middle School, Cohen College Prep High School , and Hoffman College Prep. New Orleans College Prep was expanding one grade per year under an agreement with the alumni association of Cohen. As of October 2012 Cohen, under the Recovery School District , had grades 11 and 12 with 110 students, and New Orleans College Prep had grades 9 and 10. As of 2018, NOCP will not retain
12-633: Is a New Orleans college prep charter high school serving 9th through 12th grade students in Uptown New Orleans , Louisiana , United States. It is named after Walter L. Cohen , a free man of color who became the Registrar of the U.S. Land Office . Walter L. Cohen High School opened in Fall 1949. Mr. Eli W. Sorrell was its first principal. The school was once under the authority of New Orleans Public Schools , but in 2009–2010 it fell under
18-596: The Recovery School District had the Future is Now Schools managing Cohen's upper level grades before all grades were transferred to New Orleans College Prep. The school expanded one grade per year under an agreement with the alumni association of Cohen. In October 2012, when Cohen was still being managed by the Recovery School District, it had grades 11 and 12 with 110 students, and New Orleans College Prep had grades 9 and 10. In October 2012, Patrick Dobard,
24-685: The Sylvanie Williams Charter, due to low test scores. The organization was established in 2006 by Ben Kleban. Ben Kleban operated as CEO of the Charter Network until the end of 2016, when we announced his resignation in order to run for and eventually win a seat on the Orleans Parish Schoolboard. The organization is currently run by interim CEO Natalie Kaharick. She initially operated with co-CEO Andy Parker, who stepped down in early 2017. When Kaharick
30-539: The authority of the Recovery School District . In 2011, Walter L. Cohen High School was still managed by the Recovery School District, but also became part of New Orleans College Prep , a charter school operator headquartered in New Orleans. The school was renamed Cohen College Prep High School. Cohen College Prep High School opened in the same building as the former Walter L. Cohen High School in 2011. The lower grades were managed by New Orleans College Prep while
36-516: Was asked about Mr. Parker's reasons for stepping down, she did not elaborate but said "Sylvanie is a Stressor." Initially, it was proposed that Cohen College Prep merge with Booker T. Washington High school. However, in 2015 after closed-door negotiations, Cohen High School was instead given its own renovation, whereas Booker T. Washington High School was assigned the KIPP network. Cohen College Prep High School Cohen College Prep High School
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