Runnels Elementary School

Principal: Gladys Runnels

Address: 17255 S. Harrell's Ferry Road

Phone number: 751-5748

Grades served: K thru 6

Number of students: 380

K3: 3 sections per grade

K4 - K6: 4 sections per grade

Students per section: 15 avg., 19 max.

Structure: departmentalized (change classes)

Teachers teaching each child: 6 to 9

Textbooks: variety of publishers

Curriculum: comprehensive, creative, challenging

Accreditation: Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education

Computer Lab: Windows 98SE/NT, multimedia, internet (T-1 line), networked

Electives available (grades 4 - 6): Band, Strings, Chorus, Art, Drama, Physical Education

Runnels is a school for all races, nationalities, and religious preferences

School Hours: 8:30 to 3:00

After school care: 3:00 to 6:00 Before school care: 7:15 to 8:00

After school sports available: T-ball through baseball, basketball

Other after school options: art lessons, piano lessons, tutoring, Scouts

Full-time Registered Nurse on staff

Lunch program: catered hot or brown bag

Bus service available: shuttle bus from Preschool campus

School calendar: traditional Baton Rouge school calendar (mid-August - last of May)

Students enrolling in Runnels Kindergarten must be five (5) years of age by September 30th of the year they begin school.