Lusher
Charter School's Fortier Campus is home to grades 6-12. The campus,
built as a public school in the early 1930s, is the former home of
Fortier High School, a storied high school program that was closed
following Hurricane Katrina.
As
Lusher's new home, the facility is undergoing significant renovations
so as to accommodate the unique demands of the middle and high school
programs. Once fully completed, the campus will feature newly refurbished
laboratory facilities, studios for each arts discipline, including
new dance, music, and visual arts studios, wireless networking and
a glorious interior courtyard.
Framing
the southern end of the courtyard is the Atlantic
Bridge Community Resource Center (ABCRC), a multipurpose gymnasium
facility made possible by a generous donation from Germany's Atlantik-Brüecke
organization. We are now pleased to announce that renovations to the
ABCRC have now been completed.
The
campus suffered approximately $7 million in Hurricane Katrina related
damage in addition to decades of deferred maintenance. Together with
New Orleans Public Schools, Alvarez and Marsal, Tulane University,
and numerous private contributors, Lusher has worked hard to restore
the historic facility based on original architectural plans and the
demands of a 21st century college preparatory and arts-based school.
Renovations
to the 160,000 square foot facility are ongoing. If you would like
to play a part in restoring the Fortier Campus to its former glory,
please click on Support Lusher.