Louisiana organization formed
Aberewa Middle School was organized in Louisiana on June 3, 2025.
Current status: Aberewa Middle School is in development and is not yet open or accepting students. Dates and available seats will be announced only after required approvals, funding, facilities, qualified staff, and safety systems are confirmed.
Status labels describe planning progress and do not represent government approval unless written approval is specifically identified.
1. Organization & Governance
Institutional foundation
- Recover and securely document the EIN
- Confirm the legal school and tax structure
- Establish an independent governing board
- Adopt bylaws, conflict-of-interest rules, financial controls, and records policies
- Obtain education-law and accounting guidance
- Determine the appropriate nonprofit pathway
2. State Educational Requirements
Approval pathway
- Consult the Louisiana Department of Education
- Confirm the nonpublic-school or other authorized operating model
- Determine whether to seek BESE approval
- Document applicable reporting, calendar, instructional-time, and records requirements
Educational program
- Continue professional curriculum review and standards alignment
- Finalize assessment, attendance, grading, promotion, and student-record procedures
- Establish IEP implementation, progress-monitoring, and family-participation systems
3. Funding & Financial Readiness
Financial systems
- Establish dedicated organizational banking and bookkeeping
- Maintain contribution and expenditure records
- Develop operating budgets for 28, 49, and 70 students
- Calculate startup capital and emergency reserves
- Obtain appropriate insurance
Sustainable revenue
- Develop lawful tuition, grant, partnership, and fundraising strategies
- Separate facility costs from annual operating costs
- Publish accurate tax and fundraising disclosures
- Confirm adequate funding for a full operating year before opening
4. Facility Acquisition & Approval
Property search
- Define the required rooms, accessibility features, site size, and transportation needs
- Consult New Orleans zoning and permitting staff
- Identify lease or acquisition candidates
- Complete title, zoning, environmental, insurance, and property-condition review
- Obtain architectural and construction estimates before committing
Safety and occupancy
- Complete State Fire Marshal plan review when required
- Address accessibility, exits, alarms, sprinklers, restrooms, and building systems
- Obtain renovation and change-of-use permits
- Complete inspections and receive authorization to occupy the building
- Establish emergency, evacuation, medical, and family-reunification plans
5. Leadership, Staffing & Student Services
Qualified personnel
- Recruit the principal and special-education leadership
- Hire classroom teams in stages matching confirmed enrollment
- Secure qualified related-service, nursing, counseling, behavioral, substitute, and operations personnel
- Complete background checks, training, payroll, benefits, and personnel systems
Student support systems
- Finalize individualized admission-readiness procedures
- Arrange assistive technology and accessible learning materials
- Establish transportation, food-service, medication, privacy, and records procedures
- Match admitted students with services the school can safely and consistently provide
6. Final Opening Readiness
Verify
Confirm written approvals, occupancy authorization, insurance, policies, contracts, funding, and safely staffed seats.
Prepare
Complete staff training, classroom setup, accessibility checks, emergency drills, family orientation, and student-transition planning.
Open responsibly
Announce an opening date and enrollment availability only after the complete readiness review is satisfied.
Public Accountability
This roadmap will be updated as milestones are documented. Aberewa will distinguish plans from completed actions and will not identify a milestone as approved until written confirmation is available.
Information kept private: EIN and account numbers, private donor identities, student information, security details, unexecuted contracts, and property addresses under confidential negotiation will not be published.