{{Short description|Charter school management in Louisiana}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} '''ReNEW Schools''' is a charter school management organization in New Orleans, United States. Its headquarters are in the Batiste Cultural Arts Academy school facility,<ref>"[http://www.renewschools.org/ Home]." ReNEW Schools. Retrieved on April 1, 2013. "3128 Constance Street New Orleans, LA 70115"</ref><ref>"[http://www.renewschools.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=179153&type=d&pREC_ID=372811 Contact Us]." ReNEW Schools. Retrieved on April 1, 2013. "Batiste Cultural Arts Academy 3128 Constance Street New Orleans, LA 70115"</ref> in the former Live Oak Elementary School in the Irish Channel neighborhood.<ref>Vanacore, Andrew. "[http://www.nola.com/education/index.ssf/2012/04/batiste_academy_in_irish_chann.html Batiste Academy in Irish Channel chosen for federal arts program]." ''The Times-Picayune''. April 23, 2012. Retrieved on March 30, 2013. "Batiste Cultural Arts Academy, a K-8 charter school of more than 600 students in the Irish Channel neighborhood,[...]" and "Batiste, located on the site of the old Live Oak Elementary, is in the second year of a turnaround effort led by the charter management organization ReNew."</ref> ReNEW is a charter management organization that specializes in acquiring low performing schools.<ref name=Changrewrite>Chang, Cindy. "[http://www.nola.com/katrina/index.ssf/2010/08/hurricane_katrina_swept_away_y.html Katrina rewrites the book on education in New Orleans]." ''The Times-Picayune''. Thursday August 26, 2010. Updated Monday May 28, 2012. Retrieved on April 1, 2013. "Last year, the Batiste building on Constance Street in the Garden District was occupied by Live Oak Elementary."</ref>
Around 2009 Live Oak Elementary School was performing so poorly that Paul Vallas, the head of the Recovery School District (RSD), gave the school to the ReNEW.<ref name=Changrewrite/>
In 2019, the ReNEW staff announced to their staff via e-mail that they would be closing both McDonough City Park Academy and ReNEW Cultural Arts Academy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thelensnola.org/2017/12/18/renew-votes-to-close-mcdonogh-city-park-academy-next-spring/|title=ReNEW votes to close McDonogh City Park Academy next spring|date=18 December 2017}}</ref> It is anticipated that Firstline Schools, a competing charter group, will be granted a charter for a school at the Cultural Arts Academy location.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/education/article_44d64cb0-deca-11e7-8040-7b98badd0d22.html|title=These three New Orleans schools could lose charters in coming year; here's why}}</ref>
==Schools== * ReNEW SciTech Academy (former Laurel Elementary School) - Lower Garden District * Schaumburg Elementary School (beginning in the 2013–2014 school year) - East New Orleans * Dolores T. Aaron Academy (formerly Reed/Little Woods Elementary)- East New Orleans
Closed * ReNEW Cultural Arts Academy (former Live Oak Elementary School) - Irish Channel (Closed in 2018) * ReNEW Accelerated High School (former Agnes Baudit Elementary School) (Closed in 2019) * McDonogh City Park Academy - Mid-City (Closed in 2018) * ReNEW Early Childhood Center at McNair Formerly KiPP Believe! (Closed in 2019)
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==External links== {{Portal|Schools}} *[http://www.renewschools.org/ ReNEW Schools]
Category:Education in New Orleans Category:Charter school organizations in the United States Category:Charter schools in Louisiana
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