[CharterSchools] A Blue Ribbon For Lusher and a Tribute to Kathy Hurstell Riedlinger

[charterschools at LACharter.org]

At age 29, when a mere English teacher, Lusher Charter School CEO Kathy Hurstell Riedlinger so impressed Superintendent Everett Williams that he visited her classroom one day and asked a life-changing question: “Well, little girl, what school are you going to apply for?”    

It was a strange way to address a nearly six-foot tall woman, but Riedlinger recalled being charmed, not offended.“Only Everett Williams could get away with calling me ‘little girl,’” she said. At the time, Riedlinger loved teaching and developing curriculum at Warren Easton High School. She had no interest in being a principal. 

Read more on Kathy's well deserved honor and profile here in New Orleans Magazine.

Photo courtesy of New Orleans Magazine/Cheryl Gerber
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