Booker T. Washington High School - Shreveport, Louisiana/LA

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Booker T. Washington High School

2104 Milam Street, Shreveport, LA, 71103 -

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Definition of Terms

Booker T. Washington High School

School Level

High school

School Type

Magnet School

Grades Offered

Grades 8 - 12

Parish

Caddo Parish, LA

Students & Faculty

Total Students

432 students

% Male / % Female

45% / 55%

Total Classroom Teachers

35 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 8 - 30 students

Grade 9 - 130 students

Grade 10 - 89 students

Grade 11 - 88 students

Grade 12 - 95 students

This School

(LA) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:12

1:15

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(LA) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	n/a	1%
% Hispanic	n/a	1%
% Black	100%	45%
% White	n/a	50%

Additional Student Information

This School

(LA) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

72%

42%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(LA) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Caddo Parish School District

This School's Agency

(LA) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	74	12
Number of Students Managed	43,979 students	4,968 students
District Total Revenue	$376,777,000	$46,735,000
District Expenditure	$370,402,000	$47,379,000
District Revenue / Student	$8,567	$9,407
District Expenditure / Student	$8,422	$9,537
District Graduation Rates	65%	67%

Events today honor area veterans (The Shreveport Times)
posted on November 11, 2009 at 10:32:40 am
Retired and active-duty military personnel will be honored for service in the nation's uniforms as Veterans Day unfolds today against a backdrop of sorrow following the slaying of soldiers last week at Fort Hood in Texas.
In time of war, veterans to be honored (The Shreveport Times)
posted on November 1, 2009 at 08:02:34 am
Veterans Day will be a special occasion for Benton's Dale Whipple, who will spend it in the nation's capital, honoring fallen comrades in Arlington National Cemetery. Across the area, dozens of events will mark the day and days leading up to it and beyond.
Reunions: Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009 (The Shreveport Times)
posted on November 1, 2009 at 08:01:43 am
APOLLO ELEMENTARY will celebrate its 40-year reunion with a birthday party from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday at the Bossier City school. Students, parents, alumni and community are invited. Call the school at (318) 549-6010 to learn more.
BTW's Washington a man on the move (The Shreveport Times)
posted on September 30, 2009 at 07:28:52 am
Booker T. Washington High School's Casius Washington has made a smooth transition from wide receiver to running back.
Master plan group announces community meetings (The Shreveport Times)
posted on September 8, 2009 at 05:01:23 pm
The plan's Community Advisory Group — including more than 30 representatives of businesses, nonprofits and neighborhood groups — this morning announced meetings at Shreveport high schools.

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Booker T. Washington High and College School in Shreveport, Louisiana was the first African American high school in the city. It was named after the African-American education pioneer Booker T. Washington. Established in 1950, the school has produced many prominent politicians, doctors, lawyers, administration, counselors, writers, vocalist, and poet while educating in the system of "No Child Left Behind." The school is located in the Lakeside neighborhood, on Milam Street. Notable alumni of the school include famous lawyer Johnnie Cochran.
History
In 1945, it was reported that educational facilities for Negroes were "deplorable" and that the construction of a new high school would be one step toward improvement. This survey plus the over-crowded conditions at Central High School and Milam Street Trade School led to the construction of a new black high school on a site across from the trade school, completed in 1949, which became known as Booker T. Washington High School, named for the founder of Tuskegee Institute.
Milam Street Trade School became a junior high school when Booker T. Washington High School opened in 1950.
Classes began at Booker T Washington High School on January 23, 1950. It was a model school for blacks, even for many white communities. Many referred to it as one of the best built schools for blacks in the country. Built at a cost of a million and a half dollars ($1,514.065) for the physical plant and $500,000 for equipment, Booker T. Washington was one {of} the most modern schools in Louisiana, offering innovations such as individual lockers for all students, central heating, movable desks, modern laboratories, administrative offices, asphalt tile floors, and fluorescent lighting. One of the many traditions at Booker T. Washington High School includes the Soul Bowl, which features the Booker T. Washington High School Lions versus the Green Oaks Giants.
Academics
The curriculum offered basic high school/college prep academic courses in English, literature, music, social science, health, general science, biology, algebra, geometry, chemistry, and physical education, as well as numerous vocational courses to supplement the work at Milam Street trade School. New vocational courses included commercial baking; laundry and dry cleaning processes; typing, shorthand and bookkeeping; auto mechanics that incorporated machine body and fender repair; masonry and cement work; graphic arts; carpentry; electrical name mechanics; sheet metal working, pottery and clay; landscape gardening and hot-house horticulture; leather-craft; home laundry; cooking, sewing, needle-craft; shoe-craft; and beauty culture (later cosmetology). Many black Shreveporters attribute their success today to their preparation for the world of work at Booker T. Washington High School.
Notable alumni
Johnnie Cochran, famous lawyer in the O.J. Simpson murder case

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