Lothrop School
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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
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- ↑ "Magnet Schools", Template:Webarchive Omaha Public Schools. Retrieved 1/8/08.
- ↑ "Community description" Template:Webarchive, Omaha Public Schools. Retrieved 1/8/08.
- ↑ (n.d.) Excerpts from Interviews - Evelyn Montgomery Template:Webarchive Crestridge School of International/Global Studies, Omaha Public Schools. Retrieved 9/11/07.
- ↑ Matczak , M. (1998) "Group to apologize for saying school urges homosexuality," Template:Webarchive Omaha World Herald. August 14, 1998. Retrieved 1/8/08.
- ↑ "Parents, child react to lockdown," Template:Webarchive KETV. Retrieved 1/8/08.
- ↑ "Lothrop Elementary School"Script error: No such module "Unsubst"., Southwestern Educational Development Laboratory. Retrieved 1/8/08.
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External links
- Official website
- "Lothrop School: Lottie Underhill", Nebraska Ancestree. 10.(1) Summer 1987. 14-18.
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