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It is not occupied by University of New Orleans, but Southern University of New Orleans. I live 2 minutes away.

This is also where From Good Homes recorded their first RCA release in 1994 called Open Up the Sky.

I went there in the 60s and 70s. I remember the school bus accident and Mr. Walton our band director. He did seem to be crushed by the event. I also rember the Skullins. They were very serious about disipline! I also remember a very strange event that some of you might remember as well. One day they brought all the kids into the dining hall and fed us "Champale" in little paper Dixie cups. At the time it seemed strange and now looking back on it I can see no reason to run a "taste testing" on a product like thiis on 5th and 6th graders? I don't remember any ill effects from the liquid we drank, but i will always wonder what was really in those cups they gave us.

Scene of a mass shooting on Sunday, November 22, 2015. Gunfire erupted and at least 10 people were shot.

Not really Vince. www.myrtlebanks.com

Well, if you want to eat étouffé or jambalaya, smoke strong perique and in the end get a juicy filé as a lagniappe, then welcome here.

My father was stationed there in the early 1960. we live on MILITARY housing area away from the CAMP called Navy Parkway. I attended a ELEM SCHOOL called EDWARD Douglas WHITE. I remember wonderful times there from 1960-63.

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I went to AGA from 1973-1978. I really did get a great education there. I liked all my teachers except two. Ms. Gritten (sp?) was my pre-k teacher. She was the first round of abuse I received at AGA. I went home one day with broken skin and mild cuts in my arms from her fingernails, the result of being shaken so hard in the hallway. I loved my kindergarten teachers, Ms. Chisholm and Ms. Warner. First grade, I had Ms. King (loved her). Second grade was Ms. Pugh, third grade; Ms. Ackland. Then hell was unleashed on me in the 1977-78 4th grade school year when I got Ms. Viola Walton. In retrospect, she was just an absolutely abusive, sick, hateful soul who had no business being around children. If her actions took place today, she would likely have ended up in court, perhaps jail. The physical and verbal abuse in her class was unimaginable by today's standards. Besides bitch Walton, I do have some good memories of the place. People I liked... Coach Stanley, Ms. Ducum (sp?) in the front office, and going to Art class in one of the front buildings on the left. It really was a beautiful campus. From 1973 to 1977, I really enjoyed the place, but the 77-78 school year was the worst teacher experience through all the rest of my education and college.

Wrong. Ruby Slipper. 2/20/15. Later.

Was his last name Randall?

Was your uncle by any chance a Mr. Barry? I remember him. He was the band director until Mr. Frechou came.

I went from 1984-1993. It was an awesome school where I made memories that are still fresh in my mind. I remember everybody saying the grounds were haunted. We had gym "lock-ins" where we'd spend the night in the "big" gym and have pizza. None of us would sleep 'cause we were too scared of the ghosts of British soldiers killed in the war in 1815. They were said to roam the grounds in perpetuity (I believed it). At the time there was no more high school, so that building was virtually abandoned; except, we'd sometimes have computer class with Mrs. Bergeron there. Commodore computers were the shit! And does anyone remember that little aluminum projector building, that was right next to the former high school part? We'd walk single-file to this building once a year to watch a movie on the projector. I loved playing in the old trees. There was one tree that had a huge hole in it, and we'd always pretend that hole was a salad bowl when we'd play house. One day, the top of that tree was making a scary sound and it turned out there was a giant limb that was loose. The playground equipment was so rusted and dangerous, but we all made do anyway. The ditch (which is really a trench and is still visible on Google Earth) was always off limits to us, because it was said there were snakes in there. There weren't really any snakes, but these little onions used to grow in that ditch. I do remember that old printing building, and I remember those two mounds that turned out to be magazines, also left over from the war. They were pretty much on the PAC side of the property. But that old building had broken windows and was always quiet and deserted-looking (and downright creepy). When I was at AGA as a child, we used the little gym, and then we used the big gym. I used to live right up the street from there, and the last time I drove by, there was nothing but rubble on the ground. I was so heart-broken. It was a damn fine school. I never heard of any abuse cases during my time there, but Mr. Keller (Mista Kayyyy!!!) was pretty rough on us. Something happened to him at the end of my 7th grade and he never came back. It was actually kind of sad. He was always pushing his comic books and baseball cards on us (Franks Comic Shop on Lapalco). A big thing for us at the time was going to Skate Country off Terry Pkwy (I think it's still there), and also that little arcade and go-kart place next to it. God, there was nothing like the 80's.

I was there from 77 to 1980.. It was a great school. Learned a lot and met many people.. Wonder wat happened to them. Hope all r well

In the 1930s, my grandfather and his buddies would hide in the bushes and watch Huey Long and his cronies play golf. He claimed they even stole his golf ball a time or two!

In the 1970s, the Audubon Zoo was badly out-dated and very nearly shut-down, but with public & private efforts, the Zoo and the adjacent area between the levee and river - historically a landfill - were renovated. At the heart of this new Riverview Park was the "butterfly" concessions structure, a Seventies Modern building with a sloping concrete roof which actually looked more like a stingray, with upturned pointed wingtips. The "Butterfly" nickname became vernacular for the entire park and was later shortened to simply "The Fly". In addition to concessions & restrooms, the building originally housed a roller skate rental business which lasted only a year or two. The concession business eventually faded and the building fell into disrepair. I seem to recall that it was fenced-off to discourage kids from climbing on it's sloped roof. I don't remember a catastrophic runaway barge incident, but the building was eventually demolished in a subsequent renovation of the park, which included the current avant-garde bandstand, playground and shelters along the water's edge.

My parents moved me from Eisenhower to Aurora Gardens in 1975 - I Attended AGA from 75 - 77. As a kid I remember really enjoying the school. Great teachers and kids. Wish to reconnect with my classmates!

what year was the bus accident? I think that was the day I got on the wrong bus.... I only went there for pre-k and i remember the bullet holes and names carved in the trees. I used to love our walks on the levee.

Are you Chris Calhoun?