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LHSAA question: Baton Rouge 5A districts
Posted on 4/1/15 at 7:24 am
Posted on 4/1/15 at 7:24 am
I was talking with a group of people at a sporting event in Ascension last week and they asked me this question and I don't know the answer. Maybe somebody on the board knows:
Why are the 5A EBR schools split into two districts? Half of them are with Ascension Parish and half of them are split with Livingston Parish
One 5A district is:
Catholic
McKinley
Woodlawn
Dutchtown
East Ascension
St. Amant
The other 5A is:
Zachary
Central
Scotlandville
Broadmoor
Denham Springs
Live Oak
Walker
It would make sense if there was an EBR district:
Catholic
McKinley
Woodlawn
Zachary
Central
Scotlandville
Broadmoor
And an Ascension/Livingston district:
Dutchtown
East Ascension
St. Amant
Denham Springs
Live Oak
Walker
Does anybody know why they did that? Some of the reasons we threw out there were proximity (the South EBR schools are with Ascension, but McKinley and St. Amant are still almost an hour apart), the other EBR schools don't want to play Catholic, or some kind of politics between the EBR independent schools and the EBR public schools. But these are just random guesses.
Does anybody know anything real about this?
Why are the 5A EBR schools split into two districts? Half of them are with Ascension Parish and half of them are split with Livingston Parish
One 5A district is:
Catholic
McKinley
Woodlawn
Dutchtown
East Ascension
St. Amant
The other 5A is:
Zachary
Central
Scotlandville
Broadmoor
Denham Springs
Live Oak
Walker
It would make sense if there was an EBR district:
Catholic
McKinley
Woodlawn
Zachary
Central
Scotlandville
Broadmoor
And an Ascension/Livingston district:
Dutchtown
East Ascension
St. Amant
Denham Springs
Live Oak
Walker
Does anybody know why they did that? Some of the reasons we threw out there were proximity (the South EBR schools are with Ascension, but McKinley and St. Amant are still almost an hour apart), the other EBR schools don't want to play Catholic, or some kind of politics between the EBR independent schools and the EBR public schools. But these are just random guesses.
Does anybody know anything real about this?
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Posted on 4/1/15 at 7:33 am to lsutigers1992
b/c one district follows I-10 and the other I-12.
You scenario can't work b/c there's no interstate between livingston and ascension.
You scenario can't work b/c there's no interstate between livingston and ascension.
Posted on 4/1/15 at 7:45 am to lsutigers1992
prob. bc Ascension to Livingston isn't an easy trek.
from my perspective in NOLA most of the time when i go to BR i pass Ascension Parish on I-10. I almost never go I-12. The Denham Springs-Livington Parish area is much more convenient to the Northshore
I might have moved Broadmoor to the South BR district and added Hammond and Ponchatoula to the North BR district (idk if it's more convenient for them)
from my perspective in NOLA most of the time when i go to BR i pass Ascension Parish on I-10. I almost never go I-12. The Denham Springs-Livington Parish area is much more convenient to the Northshore
I might have moved Broadmoor to the South BR district and added Hammond and Ponchatoula to the North BR district (idk if it's more convenient for them)
Posted on 4/1/15 at 7:48 am to TeddyPadillac
Yeah, but most of Ascension can get to Livingston quicker on, what is it, LA 16? St. Amant is way the Hell off the Interstate and they can get to Denham in 30 minutes.
Posted on 4/1/15 at 8:13 am to lsutigers1992
quote:
Yeah, but most of Ascension can get to Livingston quicker on, what is it, LA 16? St. Amant is way the Hell off the Interstate and they can get to Denham in 30 minutes.
st. amant to denham isn't' 30 minutes. if there were no traffic, it's 45 minutes at least, and when is there no traffic?
there's nothing quick about moving between Ascension and Livingston on 2 lane roads full of red lights. There's also only 1 way across the Amite, a 25mph 2 lane bridge.
Posted on 4/1/15 at 8:20 am to TeddyPadillac
Wha? No traffic and its 25 minutes tops
Multiple amite crossings fwiw,
Multiple amite crossings fwiw,
This post was edited on 4/1/15 at 8:21 am
Posted on 4/1/15 at 8:21 am to TeddyPadillac
I know I've gotten from Ascension near Airline to Bass Pro in 30 minutes regularly. The schools are a 15 minute drive from there. And getting to Olympia or Woodlawn from Gonzales or Prairieville is no easy trek in Friday rush hour traffic.
I figured geography and driving is the major factor. I was just curious if there was some kind of politics I didn't know about. Everything is politics.
Also, I wondered if they were trying to make more interesting matchups. Catholic/Dutchtown was the premier 5A game in the area until Dutchtown slipped this year, and you couldn't get it if EBR was together. I'd like to see Catholic play Zachary, though.
I figured geography and driving is the major factor. I was just curious if there was some kind of politics I didn't know about. Everything is politics.
Also, I wondered if they were trying to make more interesting matchups. Catholic/Dutchtown was the premier 5A game in the area until Dutchtown slipped this year, and you couldn't get it if EBR was together. I'd like to see Catholic play Zachary, though.
Posted on 4/1/15 at 8:21 am to lsutigers1992
It's a good post. Broadmoor and St. Amant would make more sense the opposite division.
Posted on 4/1/15 at 8:25 am to AtlantaLSUfan
quote:
It's a good post. Broadmoor and St. Amant would make more sense the opposite division.
They are. I heard they originally weren't supposed to be when Broadmoor went from 4A to 5A, but then they changed it.
Posted on 4/1/15 at 8:35 am to lsutigers1992
quote:
I know I've gotten from Ascension near Airline to Bass Pro in 30 minutes regularly
well Bass Pro ain't DHS, is it.
DHS and SAHS are 25 miles apart. You're not getting there in 30 minutes without traffic. sorry you're mistaken. there's at least 20 redlights to go through between the two. If you catch one in ascension, you catch them all. There's no such thing as no traffic on 16 in Denham.
I drive between the two parishes pretty regularly.
Posted on 4/1/15 at 8:44 am to TeddyPadillac
Once there is a loop connecting I-10 to I-12 out there, this will make much more sense.
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