Cohen College Prep High School

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Walter L. Cohen School building in 2022
Cohen College Prep High School
Address
Cohen College Prep High School
2503 Willow St.

New Orleans
,
Louisiana
70113

United States
Coordinates 29°55′50″N90°05′39″W / 29.930586°N 90.094119°W / 29.930586; -90.094119
Information
TypePublic charter high school
Opened1949, Reestablished 2011
School district New Orleans College Prep
Campus typeInner-city
Color(s)Kelly green, white and gray
   
Athletics LHSAA
Mascot Hornet
Team nameGreen Hornets
Website https://www.cohencollegeprep.org/

Cohen College Prep High School is a New Orleans college prep charter high school serving 9th through 12th grade students in Uptown New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. [1] It is named after Walter L. Cohen, a free man of color who became the Registrar of the U.S. Land Office. [2]

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History

Walter L. Cohen High School opened in Fall 1949. Mr. Eli W. Sorrell was its first principal. [3] The school was once under the authority of New Orleans Public Schools, but in 2009–2010 it fell under the authority of the Recovery School District. [4] 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. [5]

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 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. [5] 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, the superintendent of the RSD, fired the principal of Cohen. [6]

For the 2019–20 school year, Cohen College Prep moved to the building that formerly housed the Edgar P. Harney School as its new building was being built on the current site of the school at 3520 Dryades St. [7] The new school building is 110,000 square feet and cost $32 million to build. [7]

Athletics

Cohen College Prep athletics competes in the LHSAA. [8]

Notable alumni

Walter L. Cohen High School

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References

  1. ↑ "Home." Walter L. Cohen High School. June 9, 2011. Retrieved on March 17, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Walter L. Cohen High School." Recovery School District. October 12, 2010. Retrieved on March 17, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Walter L. Cohen High School - Early Days 1949–1953". creolegen.org. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
  4. ↑ "2009-2010 High Schools." Recovery School District. June 10, 2011. Retrieved on March 17, 2013.
  5. 1 2 Morris, Robert. "Open-admission Uptown high schools miss state averages in most subjects." Uptown Messenger. July 6, 2012. Retrieved on August 3, 2012.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. 1 2 "Cohen College Prep students to temporarily move to Harney building". nola.com. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Cohen College Prep". lhsaa.org. Retrieved September 9, 2019.


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