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OUR HISTORY. OUR SCHOOLS.
OUR TWO CAMPUSES
In the spring of 2016, BreakFree Education applied to open a new school inside of the New Orleans juvenile detention center (called the Youth Study Center). We opened our doors at the detention center just months later, in August of 2016. As a team, our school staff elected to name the school the Travis Hill School.
One year later BreakFree applied to open a second campus, this time inside of the New Orleans adult jail (called the Orleans Justice Center). We started at the jail on August 28, 2017.
In the 2018-19 school year, we're excited to continue serving students at both of these facilities and to continue working on improving the quality of our schools and meeting our students' needs.
TRAVIS HILL SCHOOL
THE ORLEANS JUSTICE CENTER
The Travis Hill School at the Orleans Justice Center (OJC) serves approximately 55 students, all of whom are detained at the OJC awaiting trial. Students range from 16 to 21 years of age. Some will remain with us for 30 to 90 days; many will be with us for two or more years awaiting trial.
TRAVIS HILL SCHOOL
THE JUVENILE JUSTICE INTERVENTION CENTER
The Travis Hill School at the Juvenile Justice Intervention Center (JJIC) serves 40 students, all of whom are detained at the YSC awaiting trial. Students range from 13 to 18 years of age. Many remain with us for 30 to 90 days, some remain with us for a year or more. Students at the School showed remarkable progress during their first year, passing 79 End-of-Course exams, more than 4 times as many as the prior year.