BATON ROUGE, La. (August 31, 2017) – On Tuesday, Sept. 5, IDEA Public Schools will join local Baton Rouge community leaders and supporters in celebrating the groundbreaking of IDEA Cortana. The campus will serve more than 525 students in August 2018.
IDEA Founder and CEO Tom Torkelson, IDEA President, Co-Founder, and Superintendent JoAnn Gama, and IDEA Southern Louisiana Executive Director Kenneth Campbell will initiate construction on the first IDEA campus in Baton Rouge.
“We are thrilled to begin our expansion to the Baton Rouge community,” said Kenneth Campbell, executive director of IDEA Southern Louisiana. “IDEA believes that there are no limitations on a child’s ability to succeed in college and life, and we can’t wait to see what IDEA Cortana scholars will achieve.”
IDEA Cortana will begin accepting applications on Sept. 1, and will open in August 2018, serving Pre-K through 1st and 6th grade in its inaugural year.
WHO: Tom Torkelson, CEO, IDEA Public Schools
JoAnn Gama, president and superintendent, IDEA Public Schools
Kenneth Campbell, executive director, IDEA Southern Louisiana
Lakeisha Robichaux, IDEA Southern Louisiana Board Member
Warren Drake, superintendent, East Baton Rouge Schools
Preston Castille, board chair, New Schools for Baton Rouge
WHAT: IDEA Public Schools will break ground on IDEA Cortana, a campus that will serve nearly 500 local students for the 2018-2019 school year.
WHEN: Tuesday, September 5
9:00 AM
WHERE: Across the street from Cortana Mall
Baton Rouge, Louisiana. At the cross streets of Tom Drive and Oak Villa Boulevard
To attend the event or learn more about IDEA Public Schools, contact Kisella Cardenas at Kisella.Cardenas@ideapublicschools.org, or 956-998-9120.
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As required by Title IX, IDEA Public Schools does not (and is required not to) discriminate on the basis of sex in its educational programs or activities. This non-discrimination requirement applies to admission to and employment with IDEA Public Schools. Inquiries into issues related to Title IX may be referred to IDEA’s Title IX Coordinator(s) (identified below), to the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights of the Department of Education, or both.
All Title IX Complaints should be emailed to: titleixconcern@ideapublicschool.org. The Title IX Coordinator for allegations involving only students is Israel Ybarra, VP of School Development. The Title IX Coordinator for allegations involving only employees, or employees in relation to students, is Harold Schuman, Director of Human Resources Investigations.
IDEA Public Schools National Board Members: Collin Sewell – Chair, Ed Rivera – Vice-Chair and Treasurer, Ryan Vaughan – Secretary, Reba Cardenas McNair, David Earl, Erich Holmsten, Michael Adams, Gary Lindgren, Ovidio Vitas, Theresa Barrera-Shaw.