About Audubon Charter School
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Brief History of Audubon

Established in 1981, Audubon quickly became an outstanding school within our community. Demand lead to two-week campouts in order to gain admission. This resulted in a very strong partnership between parents and the faculty.

The school was the vision of four teachers who met while attending Montessori certification classes at Tulane University. Two of the four teachers petitioned the Orleans Parish School Board for support of this concept and Howard Montessori School was created. This highly unique inception from the bottom-up guaranteed the success of the school - as the teachers took ownership and responsibility for its ultimate success.

In 1986, a French component opened within the school that has been extremely effective for a new cadre of students. The French government took note, and in 1990, Audubon became an official French School in an historical agreement between the French Government and the State of Louisiana. In 2002, the French government designated our school as a center for effective strategies in the teaching of a foreign language.

In the wake of Katrina, the Audubon commuinty reqested the Orleans Parish School Board re-open the shuttered school as a charter. In January 2006, Audubon Montessori became Audubon Charter School, operating under the govenmance of the Board of French and Montessori Education, Inc. or FAME, Inc. In May 2006, the Orleans Parish School Board granted Audubon Charter School an additional building, which currently houses the upper elementary and middle school grades.  Both Audubon’s main campus, located at 428 Broadway St., and Audubon's extension at 719 S. Carrollton Avenue are walking distance from Audubon Park, Audubon Zoo, Tulane and Loyola Universities. 

We are proud of Audubon and envision even greater possibilities for our school and, thereby, for our community, as the newly chartered Audubon Charter School.