re: Question about St. George

I still don't get it. If you're end goal is the schools, go all in on fixing that stupidity of a process with the State Legislature.

Because the way I understand it now you've got to:

- Get petition for incorporation
- Have a vote of the whole parish pass for incorporation
- Have the new municipality vote and approve new tax measure to fund legacy costs
- Depart from the current EBRPSS

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No

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I'm about 98.4% sure I voted to allow Central to incorporate as a resident of BR proper. But I could be wrong.

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I'm about 98.4% sure I voted to allow Central to incorporate as a resident of BR proper. But I could be wrong.

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From what I understand, all of EBR Parish does not get to vote on the incorporation of St. George.

But the school district is a separate thing. There has to be a constitutional amendment passed by the state legislature to provide funding, then it has to be passed by the entire state AND the whole parish before the St. George school district is created. From an old article LINK:

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If the incorporation is successful, supporters will turn their attention to the Legislature to try to win passage of a new St. George school district. In that fight, municipal boundaries and annexations won’t be legal obstacles for St. George backers. The key obstacles are winning a two-thirds vote of both the House and the Senate, and then a majority vote of voters statewide and in East Baton Rouge Parish before the St. George school system can open its doors.

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You voted on Central getting its own ISD, but not the incorporation.

Ah yea I remember that bill proposed.

The state legislature blows. They're honestly to blame for this entire mess.

I'm also curious what St. George does to the white, upper-class areas of BR proper. Most of these families have their kids in Catholic schools. I don't see Goodwood, Bocage, Southdowns, etc changing much other than these residents having no voice at City Hall.

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You voted to form their ISD, as did the entire state.

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This is so dumb. Who the hell in Bossier City cares, or even knows anything, about forming an ISD in Baton Rouge? Parish-wide? Ok. Statewide? So ridiculous.

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no voice at City Hall.

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They'll still have their councilmen, no? I guess they may be outnumbered if SG forms, though..

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means 1 or 2 people to handle the workload of 10. It means nobody knows WTF they are doing. It means nobody can get to it for a week. It means nobody has time to address the 1998 era website glitches.

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So, just like now.

You are incorrect.
The whole state would have to vote on St George becoming their own school district.
Before this the process would be.
1. Petition
2. Vote to become city
3, The area would become a city
(The legislators could go around this at this time it does not look like they want to.)
4.They would have to get a vote from legislators to have ISD.
5. If approved then it would get on a ballot for the whole state to vote on.
(If it makes it this far it will pass. Most areas of this state hate the BR establishment)
6. Then the area would be faced with buying the existing schools within its boundaries and EBRPSS would put all trashy desk along with other items in these schools. Central had to go through the same process.

Jelly?

Less poors