re: Baton Rouge's educational system defined in one picture

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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".

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Well, where are any of the grandparents or extended family? If my parents couldn't come then my grandparents certainly did in place of my parents. I know that more grandparents are raising grandkids today more than ever, my wife and I being two of them. We both work and make every effort to be there or have another grandparent or great-grandparent attend. The kids are moving into the teen years so the opportunities will lessen but when they were little we showed up........ Not that hard to do once in a while even if you have other obligations. You have to VALUE the experience and attention it brings to the child. They see that it matters to you and it may make if matter more to them.

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Households in Ascension Parish, LA have a median annual income of $71,752, which is more than the median annual income in the United States. In 2016, the median household income of the 163,764 households in East Baton Rouge Parish, LA declined to $50,508 from the previous year's value of $50,519

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I do not think you are comparing apples to apples here

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Now do Livingston.

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median household income declined from $58,251 to $57,334, a 1.57% decrease.

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POVERTY RATE 14.5%

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I hope that is a better apple to compare.

Seeing all the people talk about how involved they are with the school makes me hate the Walker Elem principal more.

There is zero involvment and she pretty much banned an entire class from the school because she got in trouble for not being forthcoming about that student that found a pill on the bus.

I would love to be involved in my sons school and help them out and have lunch with my son. But instead parents of just kindergarteners are not allowed... messed up bs. Makes me wonder if she will permanently blackball his class.