NEW ORLEANS – The Recovery School District (RSD), Lafayette Academy, and KIPP Believe College Prep celebrated the opening of the new Paul L. Dunbar building, 9330 Forshey, today at 10:00 a.m.
Funding for this project was provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
This project and others were guided by the School Facilities Master Plan for Orleans Parish, an unprecedented school construction program launched as a result of the devastating impact of Hurricane Katrina. The $1.8 billion plan, approved in November 2008 by the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Orleans Parish School Board, is the first major facilities plan for Orleans Parish schools since 1952.
Those who were scheduled to attend the event include:
• Patrick Dobard, Superintendent, Recovery School District
• Mitch Landrieu, Mayor, City of New Orleans
• Henderson Lewis, Superintendent, New Orleans Public Schools
• Susan Guidry, City Councilmember, District A
• Walt Leger, III, Louisiana State Representative, District 91
• James Swanson, Board President, Choice Schools
• Mickey Landry, Executive Director, Choice Foundation
• Shirley Butler, President, Carrollton/Hollygrove Education Committee
• Monica Boudouin, Principal, Lafayette Academy Charter School
• Pastor Joshua Holland, Level Ground Community Church
• Eddie Williams, Public Assistance Infrastructure Branch Chief, FEMA Louisiana Recovery Office
• Eva Kemp-Melder, Office of Former U. S. Senator Mary Landrieu
• Rhonda Kalifey-Aluise, CEO, KIPP New Orleans Schools
• Marcus Johnson, Community Liaison, Office of U. S. Senator David Vitter
• Mark Zelden, Southeast Regional Director for U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy
