Lothrop School Explained

Lothrop Magnet Center
Type:Public elementary magnet school
Location:3300 North 22nd Street
Omaha, Nebraska
United States
District:Omaha Public Schools
Grades:Pre-K through fourth grade
Website:link

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]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www3.ops.org/magnet/ "Magnet Schools"
  2. http://www.ops.org/elementary/lothropmagnet/ABOUTOURSCHOOL/CommunityDescription/tabid/59/Default.aspx "Community description"
  3. (n.d.) Excerpts from Interviews - Evelyn Montgomery Crestridge School of International/Global Studies, Omaha Public Schools. Retrieved 9/11/07.
  4. Matczak, M. (1998) "Group to apologize for saying school urges homosexuality," Omaha World Herald. August 14, 1998. Retrieved 1/8/08.
  5. http://www.ketv.com/news/14146078/detail.html?subid=10102001 "Parents, child react to lockdown,"
  6. http://www.sedl.org/cgi-bin/mysql/readingfirst/results.cgi?location=show_single_record&showschool=3739 "Lothrop Elementary School"