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Was Frantz Elementary school in new Orleans open when hurricane Katrina hit and is it open now?
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∙ 13y ago
Our hurricane detection and warning systems are fairly effective, and i doubt a school would be open during a highly destructive hurricane any more than a snow day.
A footnote about the fate of William Frantz Elementary.
I saw a documentary about the valiant effort of the locals rebuilding New Orleans despite little or no outside help. (Sorry, I don't remember the name of the show.) One of the buildings featured was this very school. The outside doesn't look bad, but the flood damage inside made it unusable. The school would have been torn down if not for a lady who is leading a successful effort to restore it. Her name is Ruby Bridges Hall and this school has a special meaning for her. Fifty years ago Ruby walked into the school, with four marshals acting as her bodyguards, as she became the first black child to enroll in an all white school in the south. Norman Rockwell immortalized that moment in his famous painting "The Problem We All Live With." It seems appropriate that the little girl who made the school a landmark grew up to be the woman who would save it.
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Has William frantz been restored after hurricane Katrina?
No it has not. Vandals have been breaking into the school to steal the copper from the school. The school itself has not been touched since Hurricane Katrina as it sits in a time warp.
Where was Ruby Bridges school?
William Frantz elementary was located at 3811 North Galvez Street, New Orleans, LA 70117
Where was the school that Ruby Bridges went to?
Ruby Bridges was the first African-American child to attend a white elementary school in the south. She graduated from an integrated high school in New Orleans. It was the Francis T. Nicholls High School.
What New Orleans African American female attended an all-white elementary school in 1960?
You may be referring to Ruby Bridges. She became the first black student to enroll at the William Frantz Public School in New Orleans.
Why did ruby bridges go to frantz elementary?
to get an education
What date did Ruby Bridges start school?
Ruby Bridges went to the William Frantz Elementary School in 1960.
Where is William Frantz Elemantry school?
New Orleans, Louisana
What school did Ruby Bridges go to?
At first she went to Johnson lockett elementary school and then went to willam frantz
What elemantary school did Rosa parks go to?
she went to Frantz William Elementary
Who was the first black child to attend an all white school in New Orleans?
The first black child to attend an all-white school in New Orleans was Ruby Bridges in 1960. She attended William Frantz Elementary School.
What month did ruby bridges go to frantz elementary school?
febuary No she started WFE in November
What do people remember about Ruby Bridges?
About how she was integrated from in all black school to a white only public school. She was threatened from many white parents. But since she was the only black girl in William Frantz Elementary she was alone she still had courage. She also one day was watched by the whole world while walking into William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans , Louisiana with the military. And luckily for her teacher was not races. And now she is still alive in New Orleans , Louisiana with her husband. More Information: Was born in 1954, was the oldest of eight children (The oldest child) , has two children , and is about 57 years old by now.
