Caddo Public Schools (Louisiana)

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Caddo Public Schools is a school district based in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. The district serves all of Caddo Parish.

History[]

Its founding superintendent was , a Virginia native, who assumed the chief administrative position in 1907 and continued until his death in 1926. C.E. Byrd High School, which was established in 1925 and is located on Line Avenue in Shreveport, bears his name.

In 1965, the board was sued by and his wife, Leslie, to compel, successfully, the desegregation of Caddo Parish public schools. Jones, a former Caddo Parish educator, was a pastor and civil rights figure in Shreveport, who from 1986 to 2003 was the president of the National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.[1]

A former Caddo Parish school superintendent, of Shreveport, was a long-term member of the elected Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.

In 1970, the first three Republicans of the 20th century were elected to the Caddo Parish School Board, Joel B. Brown, E. L. "Ed" McGuire, and , later the last of the Shreveport municipal utility commissioners. Among those elected with Brown, McGuire, and Guin was , a Shreveport attorney who later served on the state appeal court and the Louisiana Supreme Court.

Another former board member, , was the District 6 state representative from 2004 to 2007.

Schools[]

Secondary schools[]

High schools[]

Middle schools[]

  • Caddo Middle Career & Technology School (Formerly Hollywood Middle School)
  • Caddo Parish Middle Magnet School
  • Donnie Bickham Middle School
  • Fair Park High School (Opening Fall 2017 as Middle School)
  • Ridgewood Middle School
  • Youree Drive Middle AP Magnet School

Elementary/Middle Schools[]

  • Broadmoor STEM Academy (K-8) (Broadmoor Middle Lab merged with Arthur Circle Elementary in 2020)
  • Herndon Magnet School (K-8)
  • Keithville Elementary/Middle School (PreK-8)
  • Turner Elementary/6th Grade Academy (PreK-6)
  • Oak Park Micro-Society/ School
  • J.S. Clark Elementary/6th Grade Academy (PreK-6)
  • North Caddo Elementary/Middle Magnet School (PreK-8) (Vivian Campus - Consolidated w/ Oil City Magnet in 2016)
  • Walnut Hill Elementary/Middle School (PreK-8)

Primary schools[]

A.C. Steere Elementary School on Youree Drive in Shreveport is built in Mediterranean-style architecture.
  • Atkins Technology Elementary Technology School (PreK-5)
  • Blanchard Elementary School (PreK-5)
  • Caddo Heights Elementary School (PreK-5)
  • Cherokee Park Elementary School (PreK-5)
  • Claiborne Fundamental Elementary School (K-5)
  • Creswell Elementary School (PreK-5 & ESL Program)
  • Eden Gardens Fundamental Elementary School (K-5)
  • Eighty-First Street ECE
  • Fairfield Elementary Magnet School (K-5)
  • Forest Hill Elementary School (PreK-5)
  • Judson Fundamental Elementary School (K-5)
  • Midway Elementary Professional Development School (PreK-5)
  • Mooringsport Elementary School (PreK-5)
  • North Highlands Elementary School (K-5)
  • Northside Elementary School (PreK-5)
  • Pine Grove Elementary School (PreK-5)
  • Queensborough Elementary School (PreK-5)
  • Riverside Elementary School (PreK-5)
  • Shreve Island Elementary School (PreK-5) Year-Round Campus
  • Southern Hills Elementary School (PreK-5)
  • A. C. Steere Elementary School (PreK-5)
  • South Highlands Elementary/Magnet (K-5)
  • Summerfield Elementary School (PreK-5)
  • Summer Grove Elementary School (PreK-5)
  • Sunset Acres Elementary School (PreK-5)
  • University Elementary School (PreK-5)
  • Werner Park Elementary School (PreK-5)
  • Westwood Elementary School School (PreK-5)
  • E. B. Williams Stoner Hill Elementary School (PreK-5)

Unique schools[]

  • Caddo Career & Technology Center
  • AmiKids Alternative at Hillsdale
  • Pathways in Education (Grades 7-12)
  • Rutherford House (Caddo Accelerated Remedial Effort)
  • Ombudsman at Academic Recovery and Career Discovery Center (Ingersoll)
  • Magnolia Charter School of Excellence

Current staff[]

  • Dr. T. Lamar Goree, Superintendent of Schools
  • Mr. Keith Burton, Chief Academic Officer
  • Mrs. Leisa Edwards Woolfolk, Chief Human Resource Officer

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Civil rights icon Rev. E. Edward Jones dies". KTBS-TV. June 9, 2016. Retrieved June 14, 2016.

External links[]

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