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A $17m charter school built on Plank Road in NBR is officially closing after just 3 years
Posted on 4/25/24 at 9:25 am
Posted on 4/25/24 at 9:25 am
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IDEA charter group building third Baton Rouge school near Metro Airport to open in August
A Texas-based charter school group is readying to open its fourth school in Louisiana and third in Baton Rouge this fall on 15 acres of vacant land just south of the Baton Rouge Metro Airport.
The $17 million facility, which is under construction, will be known as IDEA University Prep. The name a nod to Baton Rouge University Prep, or UP Elementary, a school IDEA took over last summer. The newly constructed facility at 7701 Plank Road will absorb UP Elementary and continue on into the upper grades.
While the new 75,000 square-foot, two-story facility can house 1,000-plus students, IDEA University Prep is aiming for about 450 students next year, with more students enrolling over time
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After barely three years in operation, citing declining enrollment, IDEA University Prep charter school, located on Plank Road, is closing soon and directing its students and staff instead to two other schools in Baton Rouge run by the same charter group.
The closure takes effect when the current school year ends in May. The school currently has about 620 students in grades kindergarten to eight, down about 30 from a year ago, who will need to change schools.
In 2021, IDEA University Prep opened up its 7701 Plank Road campus, south of Baton Rouge Metro Airport, in a new $17 million facility completed the following January. It has struggled academically, earning low F letter grades from the state after its first year in operation and improving slightly after its second year.
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Posted on 4/25/24 at 9:26 am to SPEEDY
Like a grocery store they probably stole everything from it.
Posted on 4/25/24 at 9:29 am to mcpotiger
They waste more money on education in this state on schools to try to "beat" the system. They write grants and word it so the state funds it, which is your tax dollars. Education is horrible...The kids run the schools. What a waste!
Posted on 4/25/24 at 9:29 am to mcpotiger
Would make a great parish prison expansion .
This post was edited on 4/25/24 at 9:48 am
Posted on 4/25/24 at 9:30 am to SPEEDY
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The $17 million facility, which is under construction, will be known as IDEA University Prep. The name a nod to Baton Rouge University Prep, or UP Elementary, a school IDEA took over last summer. The newly constructed facility at 7701 Plank Road will absorb UP Elementary and continue on into the upper grades.
Bad IDEA
Posted on 4/25/24 at 9:32 am to SPEEDY
It’s almost like the school isn’t the issue. Huh.
Posted on 4/25/24 at 9:39 am to SPEEDY
When do we as a society admit that some people just can’t be fixed?
Posted on 4/25/24 at 9:48 am to sqerty
Wasn't there just news out of EBR that they don't know where to stick the 17 y/os who now need to be tried as adults?
Posted on 4/25/24 at 9:49 am to SPEEDY
Nice campus. Maybe BRCC can buy it.
Posted on 4/25/24 at 9:50 am to SPEEDY
Did fricking IKEA start a school?
Posted on 4/25/24 at 10:05 am to SPEEDY
So does IDEA get stuck with the loan or the state?
It says they have 2 other schools so I don’t think they are going to default yet.
It says they have 2 other schools so I don’t think they are going to default yet.
Posted on 4/25/24 at 10:08 am to SPEEDY
Could have given every kid that goes there $150,000.
Posted on 4/25/24 at 10:09 am to DrrTiger
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A $17m charter school built on Plank Road in NBR is officially closing after just 3 years
Seems like a good way to get your hands one some quick goverment grant money then bounce.
Posted on 4/25/24 at 10:10 am to SPEEDY
I'm all about school choice but it seems most of these charter schools are nothing more than money laundering schemes by people "of the community".
Posted on 4/25/24 at 10:32 am to SPEEDY
There was a "charter" school in Monroe, LA that was open for about 4 years and folded. Someone made some $ on it.
Posted on 4/25/24 at 10:33 am to SPEEDY
You want to fix public education in Louisiana? Tie welfare benefits to standardized testing for each kid.
Posted on 4/25/24 at 10:34 am to SPEEDY
The government can throw all money they want at public education in EBR Parish, but it will never work. Parents need to be held accountable for the animals they put in the school system. The kids destroy the school and money won't help.
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