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19-Year-Old Secured Seat on School Board in Louisiana
Posted on 11/17/18 at 11:05 pm
Posted on 11/17/18 at 11:05 pm
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Stanley Celestine Jr. will have an advantage over his fellow school board members. He'll likely know what students in the Avoyelles Parish School District are going through better than the rest.
That's because he was in their shoes, or at least their seats, less than two years ago.
Celestine is 19, a 2017 graduate of the school system he will help lead come January.
He expects connecting with students in a way they can relate will help both him and the school system. He wants to help students have a voice — and help improve a struggling school system.
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More than half of Avoyelles Parish schools received either a D or F grade. The district's overall grade is a C.
While he cares about improving academics in the district, he also wants to focus on other parts of the student experience — the emotional and social side of going to school.
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Posted on 11/17/18 at 11:07 pm to Tigerbait357
He will be about as intelligent as everybody else on the board so I’ll allow it
Posted on 11/17/18 at 11:08 pm to Tigerbait357
Louisiana gonna Louisiana.
Hopefully he reworks the TOPS thing to include everyone, not just the rich whiteys this time
Hopefully he reworks the TOPS thing to include everyone, not just the rich whiteys this time
Posted on 11/17/18 at 11:08 pm to Tigerbait357
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the emotional and social side of going to school.
Ah yes.. because since half of them are failing.. let’s make sure they are at least happy and failing
Posted on 11/17/18 at 11:12 pm to Winston Cup
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Hopefully he reworks the TOPS thing to include everyone, not just the rich whiteys this time
Wat? Hope you are being sarcastic and do not believe this is actually true
Posted on 11/17/18 at 11:12 pm to Cosmo
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He will be about as intelligent as everybody else on the board so I’ll allow it
You do make an excellent point
Posted on 11/17/18 at 11:13 pm to Tigerbait357
He will probably be the most active SBM on the board. Seriously. Just graduating from HS, he is aware of the issues in the school system, etc, etc. If their school board is like any other school board in the state, the other members only care about getting the insurance that comes with being a school board member.
Posted on 11/17/18 at 11:13 pm to Winston Cup
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Hopefully he reworks the TOPS thing to include everyone, not just the rich whiteys this time
Posted on 11/17/18 at 11:33 pm to Tigerbait357
I was born and still live in Avoyelles. My mom works at the SB. This will change nothing! Nothing ever changes in Avoyelles Parish. I think time actually slows down here!
Posted on 11/18/18 at 1:19 am to Tigerbait357
He’s probably no less qualified than many others who serve on school boards.
Posted on 11/18/18 at 1:34 am to shutterspeed
quote:I have never understood the desire to be on a school board.
He’s probably no less qualified than many others who serve on school boards.
I was shocked when I first learned that people were actually elected to that position.
It seems to me like something that you’d get appointed to if you frick something else up. Like an idiot that fricks up the sign for the new parish offices (looking at you Livingston) and the Parish President says, “you complete moron! Your punishment will be 12 months on the school board!”
Posted on 11/18/18 at 1:42 am to SlapahoeTribe
Hehe. Yeah, it’s a pretty cumbersome position. A lot of local businesspeople serve for networking and commercial interests as well as other nefarious opportunities.
Posted on 11/18/18 at 1:51 am to shutterspeed
The cronyism aspect is always my primary suspicion for shite/low-level government positions like this.
Posted on 11/18/18 at 4:24 am to SlapahoeTribe
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The cronyism aspect is always my primary suspicion for shite/low-level government positions like this.
At his age, probably not at first, but as W&J say once you’re in the “bacon wrapped shrimp club,” you will do what can to keep the checks rolling in.
I have seen some school board members in one Parish see it as a lifetime appointment as relatively few members get voted out and you usually only have to fight token opposition.
Posted on 11/18/18 at 5:06 am to Tigerbait357
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he also wants to focus on other parts of the student experience — the emotional and social side of going to schoo
What does he want to do, hire a psychiatrist for each school?
Posted on 11/18/18 at 5:27 am to EST
What’s the salary of their SB
Posted on 11/18/18 at 6:31 am to Tigerbait357
Good for him.
Posted on 11/18/18 at 6:43 am to Winston Cup
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Hopefully he reworks the TOPS thing to include everyone, not just the rich whiteys this time
TOPS has a racial component? I thought it was strictly merit.
Posted on 11/18/18 at 8:15 am to Hangit
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TOPS has a racial component? I thought it was strictly merit.
That aside, I had no idea the Avoyelles Parish school board has the power to affect statewide programs.
Posted on 11/18/18 at 8:28 am to Evil Little Thing
He will try to make a difference but sadly will not, I truly wish him luck. Want to know the start of the school’s problem in avoyelles parish and many others? Desegregation by a federal judge. I was in school there when it happened and sad to say it has been a death spiral since. They had neighborhood style districts prior to desegregation but now to equal the racial balance they bus kids all over the parish....genius.
The only schools that have decent score are the church run or charter school that have poppped up. Don’t believe me just look at the results the state just put out.
The only schools that have decent score are the church run or charter school that have poppped up. Don’t believe me just look at the results the state just put out.
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