Talk:Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts

Notable alumni needs updating
Rod Dreher hasn't been at the Dallas Morning News for quite awhile. He's now more accurately described as a blogger and author. http://www.theamericanconservative.com/author/rod-dreher/

Untitled
What has Jim Turner notably done (and shopping at Men's Wearhouse doesn't count) Attakmint 05:23, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

'Marx Johnson' as a famous band? QueenStupid 17:34, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Just a note
While LSMSA may have a considerable arts program, it's not the only NCSSSMST school with arts education. Most of them have it, some quite comprehensively. The article seems to imply no other schools have an arts program. 65.182.51.67 13:42, 26 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Possibly the funniest thing about it is that this is posted directly under a sentence about NCSSM, which happens to have a very successful arts, music, and dance program. I am going to reword this sentence. James (talk) 06:37, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Edits by 67.33.118.233
Does anyone have any citations for this information added by User:67.33.118.233?

"A new "high school building", as well as new dorms, will be built in the spring of 2008." 

"As of the 2007-2008 school year, LSMSA will add its first Sophmore class, which will be composed of about 50 (25 males, 25 female) students." 

As an alumnus, I'm quite interested if these are true! -- Sertrel (talk | contribs) 19:36, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
 * It's true that they're letting in sophomores for 2007-2008. They're building new dorms where the soccer field is (next to Watson) and are going to have some classes inside that new dorm. They're also remodeling the Annex. I don't think there's going a "new" high school building. I don't know when the projected year for completion is, but 2008 sounds reasonable. QueenStupid 23:58, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

If you go to the 'Master Plan' document, which was available at the Admissions desk during the 2005-2006, schoolyear, it mentions a tenative completion date of the construction as 2010. I find this unlikely, personally - speaking with some of the directors or teachers with a more direct connection to the administration process and the politics of LSMSA expressed sincere doubt. - a former student.

The "giftie" thing
Whoever says that students proudly refer to themselves as "gifties" needs to stop. Most of the students do not and a lot of them find the term really annoying. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 204.130.214.129 (talk) 04:56, 6 January 2007 (UTC).

The year after I graduated (coinciding with Brother Dave's retirement), I heard that intervisitation between dorm rooms was permitted so long as the door remained open. Is this true?

LSMSA 2001


 * Intervisitation was a very tight ship back in '94. It was one of the few things the RAs did well, aside from eating pizza and watching Ren & Stimpy.  It didn't happen very frequently.  The RAs checked up on you, whether you were in the boys' or girls' dorm.  I don't know, things may have changed since then.  I remember, intervisitation sucked, because I couldn't get any studying done, with my door wide open, and all the giggling in the hallway.  Mindraker (talk) 14:37, 9 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Some students of the school proudly refer to themselves as "gifties." Many do not.

I (christopherlin) commented: Fine, whatever. Find a source. Teen People July or August 1998, or the newer "cool school" article might have a quote, in which case it would be documented that so-and-so said something about the giftie name.

Anon: This arguement over the label "giftie" is stupid. Look in the 2006 yearbook for the answer, specifically the section labeled "Giftie Life". Doesn't need to be in a major publication to be true. Notice the use of the phrase "Some students"

"Some students" is weasel word. Either way, the argument is pretty silly, don't you think? It's a Wikipedia article. --Christopherlin 02:28, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

I just received an e-mail from the school (asking for money). The last line reads: "Please take the Natchitoches exit the next time you are on I-49. We always enjoy seeing older and wiser gifties." Hmmm... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.165.248.84 (talk) 05:41, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

I graduated last year (2009), and no one that I know there currently or in my year would dislike being referred to as a giftie. The short bus is the giftie bus, many activities have giftie in the name. It may have not been true in the past, but it certainly is now.

Yeah, I don't personally know anyone who objects to being called a giftie. And, yes, most of the people I went to school with are still calling themselves gifties, 20 years after graduating. This seems a lot like the "trekkie" debate. (Class of '91) Clytemestra (talk) 10:05, 7 May 2010 (UTC)Clytemestra

Assessment as of March 2007
Hello all, and thank you for contributing to this school site. I'm part of the WikiProject_Schools/Assessment team, and, as requested, I'm reviewing this page. I'm currently giving it a grade of Start on the Wikipedia 1.0 Assessment Scale and an importance of Mid on this importance scale.

My reasoning is as follows: This is a very balanced article (unlike many such article I have reviewed of late), but it needs more information and citation for the claims and infromation it presents. Adam McCormick 06:14, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Course Listing
Before re-adding this section, please check out: WP:SCH. The consensus of Wikischools is that only unique courses or courses not found at most American high schools (or at the very least, schools in your state) should be noted. The rather exhaustive list that was on this page was really not encyclopedic. Happy editing! LonelyBeacon (talk) 00:06, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Former Directors
Because of the huge amount of vandalism, I deleted the whole section. If someone does have a source for these directors, please feel free to re-add it after properly citing it. LonelyBeacon (talk) 00:12, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Needs Updated
Under admissions the last thing updated was the 2008-2009 students numbers. Also it is not a magnet school as far as I can tell being a current student. student (talk) 23:47, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

name change & controversy
there is a law that proposes to change the name of the school to include Long. It involved controversy (covered in several news articles) between many alumni who were against the name change and the politicians who proposed the name change. Probably should be mentioned eventually. – ishwar  (speak)  16:49, 10 June 2017 (UTC)