re: Does anyone know what happens to St. George students who want to stay in EBRSS schools?

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That's fair, but I'm willing to bet St George schools will be better than BR magnet schools inside of a decade.

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I'll take that bet.

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I also don't think the leaders of St. George had a clue as to how much it will cost to run a city without raising taxes a ton

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Has StG had to raise taxes, have a budget shortage, or not done anything that was done by local govt while StG area was unincorporated?

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After all, that’s what everyone else in BR has had to do for decades in order to ensure their kids got a decent education. Either that or pony up private school tuition.

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WTF are you talking about. Who in EBR had to move from the surrounding areas to within the city limits to go to a good school? What good school in BR are you suggesting people wanted to attend?

Do you think kids living outside of the BR city limits couldn't go to BRHS a decade ago? No one who grew up in SE Baton Rouge was shipped to a shitty failing school. They either went to Lee, Woodlawn, Tara, or were in the magnet programs and went to BRHS.

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You do understand that you are paying taxes now. A lot of taxes that go into a failing school system. You pay those taxes and send your kids to a private school because you know the system is failing.

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Convince me that we really need a set of charter schools run by St.G.

Rather a set of charter schools run by EBR like we have now?

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I do understand what I'm paying in taxes now and for no benefit because of the school tuition I pay, but the amount of taxes it will take to sustain St.G will understandably be greater than what I'm paying now. The question is do I want to pay higher taxes for a school system for which I do not benefit? I mean I guess my safety will be better with better schools, but how much more do I want to pay for that over what I have now if I don't have kids going to school? it is for me to decide if I want to move after my kid graduates to a district with taxes which won't be so high. I do not have confidence that the St.G leadership knows exactly how much it will cost to improve it's schools and my surroundings. I'm thinking taxes will greatly increase.

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Haha
They have 3 former school board presidents volunteering to help get this through.

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haha. former school board presidents from where? why should i care? why should I have confidence in their leadership? I'm just telling you that people from all over the state are asking me if they should vote for this amendment. Saying haha doesn't really explain what's guaranteed other than higher taxes for St.G residents and better schools in about 10 years or so.

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but the amount of taxes it will take to sustain St.G will understandably be greater than what I'm paying now.

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Why? Do you have any proof of this just to sustain StG? Just to sustain isn’t much based on the current district’s conditions and not wanting to invest much in StG area likely since the SE Baton Rouge school district was pushed before the city of StG was even an idea.

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For the record I’m in favor of the new school district as someone who lives in BR proper. There is nothing to lose. As things stand my kids will go to private school because the EBRSS is terrible. Let St. George give it a go. If it fails, nothing changes for me. But if it succeeds, I’ll move to St. George.

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why don't you just move to Prairieville or St. Francisville now? They have verifiable successful school districts?

I'm just not wanting higher taxes for the experiment of St.G unless I have confidence in the leadership and budget. I hope to have more of an informed decision before I vote but if it is a hope for change situation and not a good quantifiable plan, I'm not convinced yet.

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I know parents of the smart kids in St. George and because they like the magnet programs so much they are prepare to move into EBR if this passes

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The parents must not be as smart as their magnet school kids.

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Why? Do you have any proof of this just to sustain StG? Just to sustain isn’t much based on the current district’s conditions and not wanting to invest much in StG area likely since the SE Baton Rouge school district was pushed before the city of StG was even an idea.

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I don't even know what you are asking, but I'm asking for proof that creating a whole new government with leadership plus fire, police, maintenance PLUS a whole new school system isn't going to be more costly than what I'm paying for now. I just want to know how much more can anyone guess that I am on the hook for? and no one knows because this is an experiment. We are all on a hope and prayer that StG can isolate itself from the ruins of EBRP at the cost of whatever to separate itself from that situation. Well, I just don't know if I'm permanently enough here to be down for that question mark of a situation. StG isn't really geographically far enough removed from EBRP to justify an unquantifiable amount of tax increase to vote for this experiment.