New Orleans to rename 21 historic school buildings.

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The Orleans Parish School Board has formally agreed to rename 21 school buildings, a decision that will impact more than a quarter of the district's 76 schools, the vast majority of which are operated by non-profit charter organizations.

That means that while the school buildings will get new names, the charters don't necessarily have to call themselves the new name. In New Orleans, charters can name their own schools, while the School Board has authority over the names on the buildings. About half of schools have different names than the historic buildings they're in.

The board's vote Thursday came as some alumni at McDonogh 35, which became the first public high school for Black students when it opened in 1917, publicly joined a growing sector who disapprove of renaming their former school buildings

Henry W. Allen Elementary - Confederate Official/ Segregation Supporter Audubon School - Slave Owner Martin Behrman - Segregation Supporter Alcee Fortier - Segregation Supporter Benjamin Franklin Elementary - Slave Owner Benjamin Franklin High - Slave Owner Paul Habans - Segregation Supporter Andrew Jackson - Slave Owner Marquis de Lafayette - Slave Owner Edward Livingston - Segregation Supporter Robert Mills Lusher - Segregation Supporter John McDonogh - Slave Owner McDonogh 07 - Slave Owner McDonogh 15 - Slave Owner McDonogh 28 - Slave Owner McDonogh 32 - Slave Owner McDonogh 35 (Kerlerec Street) - Slave Owner McDonogh 35 (Cadillac Street) - Slave Owner McDonogh 42 - Slave Owner O. Perry Walker High - Segregation Supporter Sophie B. Wright - Segregation Supporter

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