Willow is chartered by Advocates for Arts Based Education (AABE), which acts as the board for the entire school.

Filming for Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant took place at Willows's high school Brimmer (then Fortier) campus during spring 2008.

[9] Lusher's full name was, until 2022, etched into the brick facade of the main building at the Willow Street campus.

The former Lusher elementary building was renamed after Orleans Parish school superintendent Everett J. Williams.

The names of Lusher, Allen, and Fortier were removed as those individuals supported segregation of races and/or the Confederacy.

Dreilinger stated that Lusher's application procedure was "so complicated that parents have made spreadsheets to keep track of the steps".

The attendance boundary was preserved because parents and employees voted to make Lusher a charter school just before the hurricane's arrival.

[17] In 2010, the board of Lusher Charter voted to extend the attendance boundary so that only Kindergarteners received automatic admissions based on their residences.

[20] In 2014 members of the Advancement Project filed a federal civil rights complaint that criticized several aspects of New Orleans school admissions, including Lusher Charter's attendance boundary;[21] the group argued that the boundary was intended to inhibit the enrollment of African-Americans.

The head of the Louisiana Department of Education, John White, criticized the complaint, referring to it as a "joke".

[23] On September 10, 2015, the Orleans Parish School Board voted to end Lusher's attendance boundary effective fall 2017.