Lothrop School

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name = Lothrop Magnet Center
type = Public, elementary magnet school
location = 3300 North 22nd Street Omaha, NE


district = Omaha Public Schools
grades = Pre-K through fourth grade
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Lothrop Magnet Center is a public elementary school located at 3300 North 22nd Street in the Kountze Place neighborhood of North Omaha, Nebraska. As a magnet school it focuses on the topics of science, Spanish and technology. [ [http://www3.ops.org/magnet/ "Magnet Schools",] Omaha Public Schools. Retrieved 1/8/08.] The school currently serves 380 students in prekindergarten through fourth grade in Omaha, Nebraska. [ [http://www.ops.org/elementary/lothropmagnet/ABOUTOURSCHOOL/CommunityDescription/tabid/59/Default.aspx "Community description",] Omaha Public Schools. Retrieved 1/8/08.]

The school was one of Omaha's "black schools." [(n.d.) [http://webmail.ops.org/~john.mezger/people Excerpts from Interviews - Evelyn Montgomery] Crestridge School of International/Global Studies, Omaha Public Schools. Retrieved 9/11/07.]

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. They later offered a public apology. [Matczak , M. (1998) [http://www.youth.org/loco/PERSONProject/Alerts/States/Nebraska/apology.html "Group to apologize for saying school urges homosexuality,"] "Omaha World Herald." August 14, 1998. Retrieved 1/8/08.] In 2007 the school was locked down after gunshots were fired in the surrounding neighborhood. [ [http://www.ketv.com/news/14146078/detail.html?subid=10102001 "Parents, child react to lockdown,"] KETV. Retrieved 1/8/08.]

Present demographics

In the 2007-08 school year African American students account for 84.7% of the total population of Lothrop. White students make up 8.1% and Hispanics account for 5.1% of the student population. The mobility rate is 22.2% and the attendance rate is 93.6%. Free and reduced lunch recipients account for 78.8% of the student population. It is a Title I school with a 66.68% poverty rate. [ [http://www.sedl.org/cgi-bin/mysql/readingfirst/results.cgi?location=show_single_record&showschool=3739 "Lothrop Elementary School",] Southwestern Educational Development Laboratory. Retrieved 1/8/08.]

ee also

* Education in North Omaha, Nebraska
* List of public schools in Omaha, Nebraska

References

External links

* [http://www.ops.org/elementary/lothropmagnet/ Official website]
* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~nedougla/html/lothrop.htm "Lothrop School: Lottie Underhill"] , "Nebraska Ancestree. 10."(1) Summer 1987. 14-18.