Lake Charles College Prep

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Lake Charles College Prep (LCCP)
Address
Lake Charles College Prep
2801 Power Center Parkway

Lake Charles
,
(Calcasieu Parish)
,
Louisiana
70607

United States
Coordinates 30°11′17″N93°10′27″W / 30.1880°N 93.1741°W / 30.1880; -93.1741
Information
TypePublic charter high school
Established2014
School district Charter Schools USA
PrincipalDr. Freddie Harrison III
Staff19.15 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Enrollment517 [1]  (2021-22)
Student to teacher ratio27.00 [1]
Color(s)Red, gold, and black
   
MascotTrailblazer
Nickname Blazers
Website https://www.lccp.us/

Lake Charles College Prep is a tuition-free Type II public charter school educating students in grades 9-12 who reside in Calcasieu Parish. It is independently-run by a community board and authorized by the elected Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education Enrollment at LCCP is based on parental choice rather than a geographical residential zone. As of 2018, [2] it was one of 42 Type II charter schools in the state of Louisiana, meaning it was authorized through an appeal process or via an "academic crisis bypass." [3]

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History

Louisiana's Charter School Law was originally enacted in 1995 (Act 192) as a pilot program allowing up to eight school districts to volunteer to participate. These districts could either grant charters to eligible groups or apply to the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) to operate a charter school themselves. [4]

The law was substantially revised in 1997 (Act 477) to allow all school districts to participate, but the number of charter schools statewide was capped at 42. The 1997 act also allowed an “appeals-type” procedure under which an eligible group could submit its charter proposal directly to BESE if a local school board failed to approve it or if the local school board placed conditions on the approval of the charter which were unacceptable to the group. [4]

Lake Charles College Prep was formed under the governance of the Lake Charles Charter Academy Foundation, whose board consisted of retired Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Ulysses Gene Thibodeaux [5] and retired Catholic priest Father Henry Mancuso. [6] [7]

The school opened on August 13, 2014, as the first new, public high school in the city of Lake Charles in 40 years with an initial enrollment of about 110 freshman students. [8] Its first principal was Deborah Frank. [9]

Athletics

The Lake Charles College Prep Trailblazers compete in District 3-3A of the LHSAA.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Lake Charles College Prep". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Louisiana Supreme Court Upholds Type 2 Charter School Financing". Taylor Porter Law Firm. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
  3. ↑ "TYPE 2 CHARTER SCHOOLS & MINIMUM FOUNDATION PROGRAM: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW" (PDF). Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
  4. 1 2 "Charter schools are tuition-free, public schools". Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Judge Ulysses Gene Thibodeaux". Cox Law Firm. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Diocesan Priests". Diocese of Lake Charles. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Don't confuse charter schools". Lake Charles American Press. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
  8. ↑ "First new public high school for LC in decades set for first year". Lake Charles American Press. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Frank named new charter high school's founding principal". Lake Charles American Press. Retrieved January 17, 2024.


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