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Schools in EBR and Surrounding Areas

Posted on 8/15/16 at 11:27 am
Posted by Breconomist
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2016
3 posts
Posted on 8/15/16 at 11:27 am
Local teacher here considering school migration as a result of the floods. I thought a thread for listing schools that took water would be useful, not just for modeling but also for parents in the days/weeks to come.

EBR has roughly 90 schools in the district and Superintendent Warren Drake sent an email yesterday stating:

"We have been evaluating our schools and 33 sites were not accessible as of 6 pm today [Sunday]. 41 sites have no issues or minor issues. We are updating this every few hours and we know that several schools have been flooded."

This implies over half of the schools were impacted, although a distinction between schools/sites may exist.

Which schools do we know took water in Baton Rouge and surrounding cities?
Posted by X123F45
Member since Apr 2015
29765 posts
Posted on 8/15/16 at 11:28 am to
Shifty alter is shitty
Posted by Nado Jenkins83
Land of the Free
Member since Nov 2012
66035 posts
Posted on 8/15/16 at 11:28 am to
my dad told me that they had to share marrero middle school back in the day due to a fire at another school.

one group went 6-12, the other 12-6.

this is what should happen but won't because people will complain.

I am willing to bet they will screw up this plan
Posted by LSUAlum2001
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Member since Aug 2003
48447 posts
Posted on 8/15/16 at 11:31 am to
All Livingston Parish Public Schools are closed indefinitely.
Posted by Displaced
Member since Dec 2011
33048 posts
Posted on 8/15/16 at 11:33 am to
quote:

dad told me that they had to share marrero middle school back in the day due to a fire at another school.

one group went 6-12, the other 12-6.


It happened on the North shore after Katrina
Posted by gjackx
Red Stick
Member since Jan 2007
16584 posts
Posted on 8/15/16 at 11:35 am to
Episcopal School of Baton Rouge definitely has water.
Posted by Dorothy
Munchkinland
Member since Oct 2008
18154 posts
Posted on 8/15/16 at 11:36 am to
EBR schools are closed *until further notice. Not sure which are flooded, but I think some are being used as shelters also, so I guess that means they're dry. I've heard McKinley Middle is a shelter.

quote:

This implies over half of the schools were impacted, although a distinction between schools/sites may exist.


This is key, as we heard that our school may be ok but they were still worried about the gym, which would probably not mean a closure of the school.


ETA: *changed "indefinitely" to "until further notice"
This post was edited on 8/15/16 at 11:39 am
Posted by Nado Jenkins83
Land of the Free
Member since Nov 2012
66035 posts
Posted on 8/15/16 at 11:36 am to
quote:

It happened on the North shore after Katrina



gotcha. wasn't ever aware of that
Posted by Breconomist
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2016
3 posts
Posted on 8/15/16 at 11:50 am to
We just received an email asking if we would be able to return to work on Friday. It was probably a straw poll, but this suggests school is closed in EBR until then.

School closures are going to happen temporarily, but specifically which schools took water?

For example, I know Denham Springs High School took water to the roof. That means 1500+ students will be distributed to other schools in the area.
Posted by LSUFanHouston
NOLA
Member since Jul 2009
40911 posts
Posted on 8/15/16 at 11:51 am to
EBR will likely be able to make it through with minor campus repairs and trailers. There may be some consolidation of campuses needed where campuses have capacity, and perhaps even some platooning needed.

But it seems like most of the people who attend schools in EBR will stay in EBR (with some exceptions) through the rebuilding process.

Livingston is a whole another story - the early reports, the only thing I can compare it to is St Bernard after Katrina. Pretty much every school was in bad shape and a lot of the population left.

There, it took about 6 weeks and a combination of quick repairs and trailers to get a single school opened K-12 and they went from there. I can see Livingston taking a similar approach - or maybe doing this at a couple of facilities depending upon what time of outmigration occurs.

The one difference between this and Katrina is that in a couple of days, the water will be gone in Livingston and work can begin, whereas the water stayed in St Bernard for weeks.
Posted by TROLA
BATON ROUGE
Member since Apr 2004
14677 posts
Posted on 8/15/16 at 11:56 am to
My heart breaks for all those directly affected but man I hope my kids school gets open soon.. Schools that can, need to open as soon as possible.. People need to work, kids need the routine and structure.
Posted by Breconomist
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2016
3 posts
Posted on 8/15/16 at 6:29 pm to
Superintendent Warren Drake was just on WBRZ, where he discussed school consolidation, schools meeting at different sites, and possibly working A & B schedules. He mentioned possibly sending EBR kids back to school on next Tuesday.

In other school flood news, St Amant High School definitely went under.
Posted by Halftrack
The Wild Blue Yonder
Member since Apr 2015
2763 posts
Posted on 8/15/16 at 6:40 pm to
Ain't nobody goin' a skol, we ain't need no edukashen. shite, whod u think done did all that enuneren on dem subdivizions dad did floot?
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