re: Baton Rouge private schools vs. public schools

I will point out dumbass logic when it is apparent, yeah.

in EBR? There is no way in hell I would put my kid in an EBR public school. None.

Plus, the other thing you aren't considering is the faith based teachings that some parents want for their kids. You may not agree with that, but that doesn't make it any less valid of a concern to those parents.

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in EBR? There is no way in hell I would put my kid in an EBR public school. None.

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Shenandoah?
Baton Rouge Visual And Performing Arts Center?
Zachary?
Brownfields?
Buchanan?

i'm going by 2002 stats (only ones that are free) showing that these five (5) EBR public schools rank in the top sixty (60) of 761 Louisiana public elementary school.

take that as you will.

I saw you said you could send your kids to an ascension parish public school? What schools are you looking at?

I attended ascension parish public schools until 6th grade when my parents forced me into St. Theresa of Avila in Gonzales. I think it was the greatest decision they ever made. I attended Galvez Primary which was a good school (I am 20 now, by the way). I made a perfect score on the exit exam. I moved to Galvez Middle in 5th grade, made straight A's but FAILED a similar exam.

My point: ascension parish schools aren't that wonderful. If you do choose an ascension parish school, go to either prairieville middle or dutchtown. These are the areas that are growing and getting alot of new money.

You also have to consider high schools after this...which is another story.

Keep in mind that Ascension schools aren't really "good" schools, they are only good in that they meet the national average, which is, well, average.

Elementary education is the fundamental base upon which further learning is built.

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Yea but how old are you? I know good and well its a different world today vs when I graduated in 93. No way My son will see a EBRP public school

Zachary isn't EBR anymore. The Visual and performing arts, I'm guessing, is a very limited magnet school.

As for the others, no thanks. It means enough to me to go ahead and pay for the private school education rather than subjecting my kids to the will of the failed school system that is EBR Parish Schools.

Now, if I were in St Tammany, Ascension or the other parishes that do well, then it'd be a tougher choice, but I'd still pay for the Catholic School.

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Yea but how old are you?

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29

ever consider the home schooling option?

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I will point out dumbass logic when it is apparent, yeah.

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whose dumbass logic? guttata's or mine? so because I dont disagree with him it is me that is the object of your anger? what are you some kind of angry idiot?

why don't you try to refute the points I made instead of insulting me?

it is simple, smaller classes = better learning environment

Lafayette Diocese tightly controlling their student:teacher ratio is a better philosophy IMO than pushing the envelope and expanding class sizes because demand is going up. IMO the decision to expand class sizes and jeopardizing the classroom learning environment is valuing money over product, so I dont disagree with him. If that is dumbass logic, then I am a dumbass.

As a member of a School Board I would prefer to turn down Parishioners in Pre-K and K and let them find an alternative than to have our faculty, staff and facility strain with 12-18 more kids in each grade (120-180 more kids) throughout the entire school. You would be hard pressed to find Catholic School facilities in Lafayette that have classrooms big enough to even seat 32 kids. So if that is dumbass logic then yeah, we are all a bunch of dumbasses.