Alcée Fortier High School


Alcée Fortier High School was a high school in Uptown New Orleans, Louisiana that served grades 8-12. It was located five blocks away from McMain Secondary School.

History

The school opened in 1931 and was named for the renowned professor of Romance Languages at Tulane, Alcee Fortier. Originally Fortier was an all-boys school.
In 1992 Michael Lach and Michael Loverude of The Christian Science Monitor stated "Based on test scores, dropout rates, and socioeconomic status of the students, the schools we taught in were two of the worst high schools in the country - Booker T. Washington and Alcee Fortier high schools. Given these circumstances, both schools do a fine job, but students leave deserving so much more." In 2006 John Schmid of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel said that Fortier was considered to be one of the "worst" schools in Louisiana. Around 2003 it made an "academically unacceptable" list. The school closed in 2008.
Lusher Charter School's secondary campus opened in the former Fortier building.

Curriculum

The school offered German after its 1931 opening. About 150 students per academic period studied German. German was discontinued in the New Orleans school system in 1938 as World War II broke out.

Notable alumni