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re: City of St. George - good or bad for the long term future of GBR area?
Posted on 4/29/24 at 2:54 pm to TigerFan244
Posted on 4/29/24 at 2:54 pm to TigerFan244
I like the theory and the fact that the Citizens won their independence.. It'll be a cluster at first, but if done right it should be much better than BR. This doesn't fix the demographics of the schools or pull in the private school children, but the bar is set low, don't see how they couldn't incrementally improve. My kids will never see a public school in this State, nor will many others.
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Posted on 4/29/24 at 3:00 pm to BayouBengalRubicon
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This doesn't fix the demographics of the schools or pull in the private school children, but the bar is set low, don't see how they couldn't incrementally improve. My kids will never see a public school in this State, nor will many others.
It works in a lot of other states. Take a city like Birmingham, for example. It's pretty analogous to Baton Rouge. The suburban areas surrounding Birmingham have really good public schools - Vestavia Hills, Mountain Brook, etc. - because they created ISDs and increased property taxes to fund the schools. Increased property taxes will result in a higher average income of property owners in the ISD which typically means more functional families.
The one thing St. George is kidding itself about is not having to increase taxes though. You want a high-functioning, suburban school district, you are going to have to increase property taxes.
Posted on 4/29/24 at 4:18 pm to BayouBengalRubicon
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This doesn't fix the demographics of the schools or pull in the private school children, but the bar is set low, don't see how they couldn't incrementally improve. My kids will never see a public school in this State, nor will many others.
Redemptorist lost a lot of kids to Central when it got its ISD. I wonder if there will be another decline in private school numbers when StG ISD is formed vs adults who might move into StG prior to having kids instead of moving to Ascension or Livingston.
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