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Baton Rouge's educational system defined in one picture

Posted on 5/1/18 at 10:19 am
Posted by Will Cover
Davidson, NC
Member since Mar 2007
39866 posts
Posted on 5/1/18 at 10:19 am


Shame on the EBR school members and shame on the parents of these students that attend public school in Baton Rouge.

My sister is a teacher in Baton Rouge. As an example, for Thanksgiving lunch, only a handful of parents showed up to eat with their son or daughter.

In Ascension Parish, many schools can't handle the demand and overflow of parents wanting to eat lunch with their son or daughter for Thanksgiving, Christmas or Easter. So much so, you have to pick which one you would like to attend and rank them in order in terms of your preference, should your first selection can't be accommodated.

You get what you put into it. The EBR School Board members obviously don't believe education is important to the parents of these students, because the lack of parental involvement and necessary changes needed to improve are still non-existent today. And the parents allow this type of shite to happen, because many of them don't truly care about their son or daughter's education, as they are not fully committed to developing their child into the best person that they can become. And so the cycle continues.
This post was edited on 5/1/18 at 10:23 am
Posted by LaBR4
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
53393 posts
Posted on 5/1/18 at 10:21 am to
The parents must have been working overtime and couldn't get away from the office.
This post was edited on 5/1/18 at 10:23 am
Posted by upgrayedd
Lifting at Tobin's house
Member since Mar 2013
138029 posts
Posted on 5/1/18 at 10:22 am to
Didn't they get their school tax anyway?
Posted by CarRamrod
Spurbury, VT
Member since Dec 2006
58274 posts
Posted on 5/1/18 at 10:22 am to
yet white people are holding them back.
Posted by LaBR4
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
53393 posts
Posted on 5/1/18 at 10:22 am to
Surely, Gravy was there...right?
Posted by anewguy
BR
Member since Mar 2017
1239 posts
Posted on 5/1/18 at 10:23 am to
Can not say that I am shocked one bit. Most of the public school parents look at the school as a daycare and nothing more.
Posted by Pecker
Rocky Top
Member since May 2015
16674 posts
Posted on 5/1/18 at 10:25 am to
quote:

Shame on the EBR school members and shame on the parents of these students that attend public school in Baton Rouge.



The parents don't care. The reason we have so many issues is because they don't care. You're going to fix the problem by relying on them to care?
Posted by SallyWheeler
Member since Dec 2007
3246 posts
Posted on 5/1/18 at 10:25 am to
Yet none of the private school parents/administrators showed up on Saturday to vote no...
Posted by jefforize
Member since Feb 2008
45635 posts
Posted on 5/1/18 at 10:26 am to
at least one person showed up.
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
52941 posts
Posted on 5/1/18 at 10:27 am to
My daughter goes to private in BR and we can eat lunch with her any day that we want. I've never seen less than 10-12 parents in the cafeteria on some random Tuesday much less an event like Thanksgiving.

It's sad that some people don't give a shite about their kid's education and development. Just perpetuating the cycle of poverty.
Posted by heypaul
The O-T Lounge
Member since May 2008
38286 posts
Posted on 5/1/18 at 10:28 am to
How did the St. George school board meeting go?
Posted by Brummy
Central, LA
Member since Oct 2009
4661 posts
Posted on 5/1/18 at 10:29 am to
They got it on the April ballot with hardly anything else being voted on. With only 11% turnout, they weren't worried about it not passing.
Posted by Aubie Spr96
lolwut?
Member since Dec 2009
43858 posts
Posted on 5/1/18 at 10:30 am to
quote:

You get what you put into it.


quote:

For years, educators have thought the strongest predictor of attaining high levels of education was having parents who were highly educated. But, strikingly, this massive study showed that the difference between being raised in a bookless home compared to being raised in a home with a 500-book library has as great an effect on the level of education a child will attain as having parents who are barely literate (3 years of education) compared to having parents who have a university education (15 or 16 years of education). Both factors, having a 500-book library or having university-educated parents, propel a child 3.2 years further in education, on average.
Posted by UGATiger26
Jacksonville, FL
Member since Dec 2009
9128 posts
Posted on 5/1/18 at 10:30 am to
quote:

You get what you put into it. The EBR School Board members obviously don't believe education is important to the parents of these students, because the lack of parental involvement and necessary changes needed to improve are still non-existent today. And the parents allow this type of shite to happen, because many of them don't truly care about their son or daughter's education, as they are not fully committed to developing their child into the best person that they can become. And so the cycle continues.


The most succinctly stated summation of education (and the problem with it these days) I've ever read was:

Education cannot given to someone. It can only be pursued by someone who has been taught to value its pursuit.
Posted by Displaced
Member since Dec 2011
32979 posts
Posted on 5/1/18 at 10:31 am to
quote:

I've never seen less than 10-12 parents in the cafeteria on some random Tuesday much less an event like Thanksgiving.


Coddling children is harmful as well.
Posted by NWLA Tiguh12
Member since Jul 2015
2410 posts
Posted on 5/1/18 at 10:34 am to
quote:

The parents must have been working overtime and couldn't get away from the office
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
52941 posts
Posted on 5/1/18 at 10:35 am to
quote:

Coddling children is harmful as well

So are parent going to eat lunch occasionally with their kid is coddling them? I used to go maybe 3 times per year when my daughter asked me too. She's 11 now and probably doesn't want me there anymore
Posted by InflateADate
Member since Dec 2010
907 posts
Posted on 5/1/18 at 10:37 am to
Only positive is good for Jada

List from South Louisiana Coalition for Education FB before the panel

Confirmed Panelists:
Jada Lewis, BESE District 8 - shown in picture of OP
Dawn Collins, EBR School Board District 4

Undecided:
Mark Bellue, EBR School Board District 1
Vereta Lee, EBR School Board District 2
Evelyn Ware-Jackson, EBR School Board District 5
Jill Dyason, EBR School Board District 6 - on Fb said she was already scheduled to support Woodlawn High School students at their annual Arts Showcase that night
Michael Gaudet, EBR School Board District 7
David Tatman, EBR School Board District 9

Declined:
Kenyette Nelson-Smith, EBR School Board District 3
Connie Bernard, EBR School Board District 8
This post was edited on 5/1/18 at 1:22 pm
Posted by AbitaFan08
Boston, MA
Member since Apr 2008
27880 posts
Posted on 5/1/18 at 10:39 am to
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My daughter goes to private in BR and we can eat lunch with her any day that we want. I've never seen less than 10-12 parents in the cafeteria on some random Tuesday much less an event like Thanksgiving.


I'm sorry but this is just strange. Coming in for a special occasion is a great thing, but just randomly coming in and having lunch with your kid on a regular basis? Wouldn't the kids be better off having lunch with each other and socializing rather than being coddled by their parents?
Posted by PrettyBird
Aspen
Member since Feb 2010
10400 posts
Posted on 5/1/18 at 10:42 am to
quote:

private in BR and we can eat lunch with her any day that we want. I've never seen less than 10-12 parents in the cafeteria


Wow a bunch of private school kids have parents that can afford to either not work or take time off work, and have a mode of transportation to visit school whenever they want...

Do you ever stop to think that some (most) of these EBR public school parents cannot just leave their hourly job and find a way to make it to their child's school in the middle of the day? That doesn't mean they "don't give a shite".

Sure, some of those EBR public school parents are bad at parenting. But I bet you have some bad parents at your private school as well.



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