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Landry-Walker College and Career Preparatory High School is a high school on the west bank of Orleans Parish in Algiers, New Orleans, Louisiana. The school opened in 2013 after the merger of L.B. Landry High School and O. Perry Walker College and Career Preparatory High School.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=landry-walker.org )〕 It is named after Lord Beaconsfield Landry (1878-1934) and Oliver Perry Walker (1899-1968). The current mascot is the Charging Buccaneers, deriving from the O. Perry Walker's Chargers mascot and L.B. Landry's Buccaneers mascot. ==L.B. Landry High School history== L.B. Landry High School, was a secondary school in the Whitney area of Algiers, New Orleans, Louisiana. It was originally named after Lord Beaconsfield Landry (1878-1934), an African American activist, physician, and vocalist who lived in Algiers.〔"(History )." L.B. Landry High School. Retrieved on March 17, 2013.〕〔http://nutrias.org/info/aarcinfo/notabl2.htm〕 The L.B. Landry School, originally an elementary school, opened on October 26, 1938. In 1942, it became a high school. It also was the first high school in Louisiana to be named after an African-American. It was the first high school on the west bank of New Orleans to enroll African-Americans regardless of income level.〔Lentz, Linda C. "(CASE STUDY: L.B. Landry High School, New Orleans , Louisiana, Eskew+Dumez+Ripple )." ((Archive )). ''Schools of the 21st Century'', ''Architectural Record'', The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Retrieved on March 17, 2013.〕 In 1952, it became a joint junior/senior high school. The main building was destroyed by a fire in 1958 and was rebuilt in 1959. In 1969, an annex opened. It contained an assembly hall, a theater, and 22 classrooms.〔 In 2005, Hurricane Katrina caused the school to close.〔 The hurricane resulted in mold, rain, and wind-related damages in the school's building.〔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.〕 Lentz said that there were few people who expected Landry to re-open.〔 The architectural firm Eskew+Dumez+Ripple designed the new school.〔 A replacement campus,〔 with a price tag of almost $54 million in federal disaster funds,〔 was designed to withstand winds of up to per hour, and solar panels are on the roof.〔 The three story campus was built with two gymnasiums, a space for a health center, and an auditorium with 650 seats.〔Hurwitz, Jenny. "(L.B. Landry High School in Algiers expanding to four grades for August )." ''The Times Picayune''. April 15, 2010. Retrieved on March 17, 2013.〕 The Recovery School District (RSD) stated that the school would open with four grade levels instead of beginning with one level, so its size would be justified. The school would take grades 7 through 10. In two years, the 7th and 8th grades would be phased out, replaced with grades 11 and 12. As of April 2010 the school collected over 200 applications for the ninth grade.〔 The school re-opened in 2010. During the beginning of the first post-Katrina year of operation, there were reports of poor discipline and administrative turmoil. Mark Waller of the ''Times Picayune'' reported that teachers and students said that by October 2010 the school order dramatically improved.〔 In December 2010, Louisiana State University opened a health clinic at Landry, replacing two smaller, temporary health clinics.〔Hughes, Cathy. "(LSU opens full-service health clinic at L.B. Landry High School in Algiers )." ''The Times Picayune''. December 2, 2010. Retrieved on March 17, 2013.〕 In the Spring of 2011, the school had 750 students in grades 7 through 10.〔 In October 2012 plans were announced to merge Walker High School and L.B. Landry High School into the new Landry Building and the campus would take the name of Walker High.〔Vanacore, Andrew. "(Recovery School District faces anger over firings at Cohen, L.B. Landry high schools )." ''The Times Picayune''. October 9, 2012. Retrieved on March 17, 2013.〕 The alumni of Landry High filed a lawsuit against the state, accusing it of ignoring a 2011 statute that asks the district to create a community outreach plan before finalizing "on any proposed changes in school governance" and unfairly calling Landry "low performing."〔Vanacore, Andrew. "(L.B. Landry High School alumni taking state to court over merger plans )." ''The Times-Picayune''. August 24, 2010. Retrieved on March 17, 2013.〕 The lawsuit was filed in District Civil Court in August 2012. The ''Associated Press'' stated "The case could be the first test of a law that requires community input on any changes in the way state-controlled schools are governed."〔"(L.B. Landry High alumni unhappy with merger plans )." ''Associated Press'' at ''The Advocate''. August 28, 2012. Retrieved on March 17, 2013.〕 Effective in the fall of 2013, the two schools merged onto the L.B. Landry High School campus. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Landry-Walker College and Career Preparatory High School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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