Lothrop School
Lothrop Magnet Center is a public elementary school located at 3300 North 22nd Street in the Kountze Place neighborhood of North Omaha, Nebraska, United States. As a magnet school it focuses on the topics of science, Spanish and technology.[1] The school currently serves 380 students in prekindergarten through fourth grade.[2]
The school was one of Omaha's "black schools."[3]
In 1998 the school was protested by a Christian organization for offering professional development courses on homosexuality awareness after offensive slang was repeatedly heard throughout the school. The group later offered a public apology.[4]
In 2007 the school was locked down after gunshots were fired in the surrounding neighborhood.[5]
Present demographics
In the 2007–08 school year African American students accounted for 84.7% of the total population of Lothrop. White students made up 8.1% and Hispanics accounted for 5.1% of the student population. The mobility rate was 22.2% and the attendance rate was 93.6%. Free and reduced lunch recipients accounted for 78.8% of the student population. It is a Title I school with a 66.68% poverty rate.[6]
See also
References
- ^ "Magnet Schools", Archived 2007-12-28 at the Wayback Machine Omaha Public Schools. Retrieved 1/8/08.
- ^ "Community description" Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, Omaha Public Schools. Retrieved 1/8/08.
- ^ (n.d.) Excerpts from Interviews - Evelyn Montgomery Archived 2007-12-11 at the Wayback Machine Crestridge School of International/Global Studies, Omaha Public Schools. Retrieved 9/11/07.
- ^ Matczak , M. (1998) "Group to apologize for saying school urges homosexuality," Archived 2005-03-27 at the Wayback Machine Omaha World Herald. August 14, 1998. Retrieved 1/8/08.
- ^ "Parents, child react to lockdown," Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine KETV. Retrieved 1/8/08.
- ^ "Lothrop Elementary School"[permanent dead link], Southwestern Educational Development Laboratory. Retrieved 1/8/08.
External links
- Official website
- "Lothrop School: Lottie Underhill", Nebraska Ancestree. 10.(1) Summer 1987. 14-18.
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