O. P. Walker High School
| Landry-Walker College and Career Preparatory High School | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Public High School |
| Location | 1200 L.B. Landry Avenue New Orleans, LA 70114 United States |
Landry-Walker College and Career Preparatory High School is a high school on the west bank of Orleans Parish in Algiers, New Orleans, Louisiana. The school opened in 2013 after the merger of L.B. Landry High School and O. Perry Walker College and Career Preparatory High School. It is named after Lord Beaconsfield Landry (1878-1934) and Oliver Perry Walker (1899-1968). The current mascot is the Charging Buccaneers, deriving from the O. Perry Walker's Chargers mascot and L.B. Landry's Buccaneers mascot.
L.B. Landry High School, was a secondary school in the Whitney area of Algiers, New Orleans, Louisiana. It was originally named after Lord Beaconsfield Landry (1878-1934), an African American activist, physician, and vocalist who lived in Algiers.
The L.B. Landry School, originally an elementary school, opened on October 26, 1938. In 1942, it became a high school. It also was the first high school in Louisiana to be named after an African-American. It was the first high school on the west bank of New Orleans to enroll African-Americans regardless of income level. In 1952, it became a joint junior/senior high school. The main building was destroyed by a fire in 1958 and was rebuilt in 1959. In 1969, an annex opened. It contained an assembly hall, a theater, and 22 classrooms.
In 2005, Hurricane Katrina caused the school to close. The hurricane resulted in mold, rain, and wind-related damages in the school's building. Lentz said that there were few people who expected Landry to re-open. The architectural firm Eskew+Dumez+Ripple designed the new school. A 214,000-square-foot (19,900 m2) replacement campus, with a price tag of almost $54 million in federal disaster funds, was designed to withstand winds of up to 130 miles (210 km) per hour, and solar panels are on the roof. The three story campus was built with two gymnasiums, a space for a health center, and an auditorium with 650 seats.
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