Opinions on where/what EBR Public Schools will be ten years from now?

Which ones will change in the way they are run? Will Glenn oaks and Belaire and Tara become state-owned. Tara is in a great location at the heart of mid-city/Goodwood. The feds would likely love to have that location for real estate -- maybe even for something other than a school. Also, the new Staring Lane Learning Center (old Valley Park) will likely have to have another location, don't you think? Thus, that would hurt business of general public schools, forcing a Belaire or the like to close.

Really hard to tell at this point.

It's like a rock at a top of a hill. You know it isn't going to stay there, but it could roll down in any number of directions.

St. George could break off. That could lead to greater localization (doubt it), or it could mean that EBR schools will have an even higher concentration of poverty (more likely). If it's the second option then people will start to flee to St. George, Central, and Zachary creating a cycle where the schools get worse and thus the fleeing increases. That's probably a little overstated, but it is the most likely scenario under this case.

If St. George does NOT form their own school district, I think you will see greater pressure for local control, some of which will be realized, some of which will not be. EBR will slowly and steadily improve, but will never be one of the top districts.

And then there are charters (including on-line schools) and vouchers which will only continue to grow.

So I think it will be very different, but I couldn't tell you how.

A school system is only as good as the pool of students that attend.

You think the good ol boys that run Livingston parish are doing anything special?

No. They have schools full of middle class white kids. That almost always equals a successful school system. Districts comprised mostly of non-selective poor blacks will almost always fail.