re: Are schools in East Baton Rouge Run Terribly?

Pre desegregation case some of EBRP Schools were the best in the area.
The case was statrted over funding.
Before desegregation schools in EBRP received funding off the tax base in its area.
You had schools like Hollywood Elm off Hollywood St that did not have as much funding as at the time newer schools like Red Oaks that had more funding.
If the school board at the time would have spread out the funding equally then possibly it could have saved the system.
The first year it was implemented each student picked from 4 schools and rated them 1-4. Then the school board picked a school for that student. You had white students going to minority schools and minority students going to white schools. This tore up the system. Most minority parents wanted their kids to go to their local school and the same for white people. The people who could leave the parish did or could put their kids in private school did. My father took a job transfer to California and my new school was similar to pre desegregated EBRP School system. The teachers were active in the students progress, the community supported the school, and more money was spent on educating the student not padding the pockets of politicians, lawyers trying to settle the desegregation case, and the NAACP.

After desegregation the school board turned into a money pit, parents stopped caring, and you lost the neighborhood support. When they ran 4 buses in my old neighborhood and the year before none ran in that neighborhood because kids walked to school something was wrong. Those extra buses took dollars away from the bottom line educating kids.

The school system never really came back from being destroyed by Judge John Parker and the school board.

One of the biggest problem with EBR is the student body more than teachers and admin.

I'm not sure but BR High is a great public school and I saw the new Lee High looks pretty fantastic.

Which neighborhood kids goto the new Lee? That whole area seems pretty well to do.

Parish wide, it's a magnet school it and BR High basically take the students with the best test scores and behavior.

My fiancé teaches at a EBR school and it's truly horrid... they have already lost 10 teachers since school started and Will be losing more due to the admin at the school.. Kids routinly hit and curse at teachers and get away with it... and the school board just looks the other way.. when my fiancé complained and asked to move schools they said no and just put her on admin leave and sent her to a social worker.. They let's these kids run amok and then blame teachers cause they can't handle it ..... it's such a cluster ...

Oh I agree, the teachers have no administrative support. No way you could pay me enough to be a teacher in EBR. I've heard of several people who quit after a week or two.

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Interesting statement coming from someone who doesn't even know proper subject-verb agreement.

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I am a product of Louisiana public schools. This strengthens my argument.

Yep, when we sold our souls to the federal govt. we lost our kids. However, no one was researching anything. Sad, very very sad.

My wife subbed at one of the middle schools - she called for an administrator because she had one particular kid who was being excessively unruly. Principal came and the kid said, "I dindu nuffin" and the principal let him stay in the class. Told my wife to get some books on effective classroom management strategies she can try on future visits