re: Rummel's enrollment numbers dwindling and principal to resign

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Ben Franklin in Orleans is a much better school. Lusher High is likely on par with Mandeville.

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They both are, but they are magnet schools.

A lot of St Catherine kids go to Jesuit. I would say half my class went to Jesuit.

I guess for 20k a year im not impressed with 25% out of 301 the past four yeàrs remaining in state.

Now there are some great schools on the list, but looking at the percentages suggest only one kid, maybe two attended them, and that most went to your typical public school. Not that there is anything wrong with that, but I don't need to pay twice tuition to get those results.

I could be wrong though, I'm just reading between the lines since the absolute numbers seem to be conveniently left off, but maybe I missed it.

Any stat saying 100%(or whatever) of their kids attend college doesn't mean anything. That's self selection of the student body in action there.
I'm not saying its a bad school by any means, I'm just not seeing the value.

TOPS changed the game for Newman and other expensive schools for college choices. In my class 2 kids went to LSU and 3 to Tulane out of 83.

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Is there a high school in Louisiana where more than 75% of the graduates leave the state for college? I would be shocked if so.

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I'm not comparing Newman to Podunk high school, I'm comparing it to its tuition costs in relation to other schools, keeping in mind its affluent parents.

Glassman, makes a lot of sense.

Haven't read this whole thread, but from I have read, there's two points I need to make

1) No student who has been accepted to Jesuit has ever been turned away due to lack of $$$.

2)Property taxes in LA are among the lowest in the nation. Don't be shocked when LA public schools are also among the poorest in the nation.

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TOPS changed the game for Newman and other expensive schools for college choices. In my class 2 kids went to LSU and 3 to Tulane out of 83.

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Also the great expense of college has changed the game. Even a Newman parent has to think hard about spending $240,000 to send their child to their alma mater when LSU is so affordable. 60% of Jesuit's class and 50% of Franklin's also go to LSU now.

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Also the great expense of college has changed the game. Even a Newman parent has to think hard about spending $240,000 to send their child to their alma mater when LSU is so affordable. 60% of Jesuit's class and 50% of Franklin's also go to LSU now.

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No doubt. My class of 83 sent 12 kids to Vanderbilt, many to Duke, Emory and the like, and multiple to multiple Ivy's. You won't see that again with the current cost structure of education.

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You could raise property taxes to 75% , put a border around the state to not let anyone out and the schools would still be among the poorest in the nation.

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You don't think that would increase teacher quality? I only mention this because I know NY public schools are among the best in the nation... With the highest property taxes as well. The only difference is that in New Orleans you pay tuition rather than property taxes.

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No doubt. My class of 83 sent 12 kids to Vanderbilt, many to Duke, Emory and the like, and multiple to multiple Ivy's. You won't see that again with the current cost structure of education.

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I think a better barometer of a high school's excellence right now is how many graduates are getting scholarships to decent schools, and of course how they perform in college.