Once troubled, Wright now thriving as SUNO charter school

When people ask Ida Calvin where to send their children to school, she tells them Sophie B. Wright Charter School. Calvin has three grandchildren at Wright, and Willie Smith, her oldest grandson, can’t seem to stay away from the school even though he now attends Sarah T. Reed High School, she said.

Southern University of New Orleans officially chartered Wright as of July 1, 2005. The federal government granted Wright $200,000 when it was chartered, and SUNO has donated $20,000 along with its operational expertise. Clark said the school’s operating budget comes from the state’s Minimum Foundation Program, which provided $6,810 per 325 students, or just over $2.2 million.

Read article from June 4 edition of New Orleans City Business.