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School Starts the First Week in August
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2011: Joseph S. Clark Preparatory High School
The doors opened on the newly chartered Clark Prep in August 2011. With some of the biggest academic gains in
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2010: John Dibert (Now Phillis Wheatley) Community School | Langston Hughes Academy
In 2010, we chartered John Dibert Community School (now Phillis Wheatley Community School) as a turnaround school, to improve academic
2007: Arthur Ashe Charter School
Using the NOCMS charter to open a new K-8 school (later renamed Arthur Ashe), this school opened with 42 students
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2005: Samuel J. Green Charter School
Middle School Advocates (the former name of FirstLine Schools) was approached by the state and asked to take over the
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1998: New Orleans Charter Middle School (NOCMS)
James Lewis Extension converted into a charter school and adopted a new name. NOCMS became the top-performing open-admissions middle school
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1992: James Lewis Extension
Working with a group of concerned parents, Jay Altman and the Summerbridge team founded this school, with 100 students and
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1990: Summerbridge (Now called Breakthrough)
The roots of FirstLine Schools trace to the founding of this unique summer program designed to help 5th and 6th
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