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re: Does anyone know what happens to St. George students who want to stay in EBRSS schools?
Posted on 5/7/26 at 11:19 am to LSURussian
Posted on 5/7/26 at 11:19 am to LSURussian
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EBRSS gifted, talented or magnet school.
Literally every public school in Baton Rouge calls themselves magnet. It’s an absolute clown show. I’m not exaggerating even freaking Tara High is magnet. Every single school.
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Posted on 5/7/26 at 11:20 am to AutoYes_Clown
It is ridiculous to expect every kid eligible for SG to switch to SG, but there is a big need to determine what the initial demand would be.
There is no question that the new school board and supt. Need to be very involved initially to sort all this out.
It is a big chore.
There is no question that the new school board and supt. Need to be very involved initially to sort all this out.
It is a big chore.
Posted on 5/7/26 at 11:22 am to EvrybodysAllAmerican
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I believe you did in an earlier post :
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No one who grew up in SE Baton Rouge was shipped to a shitty failing school.
Read it again, I said they weren't SHIPPED to a shitty school. I never said they didn't go to a shitty school.
My response was to another poster that incorrectly suggested that kids from SE BR were shipped to the inner city schools.
Posted on 5/7/26 at 11:23 am to Bayou_Tiger_225
That is how it worked out in the case with St. George. But my point was not the legal details in how to create a new city. My point was that those who pay more into any tax system - no matter the size or wealth - will always be able to say, "I am not getting my fair share in return." So just saying "they pay 25% of the funds so they should get [x] in return" is not enough of a reason on its own to justify a whole new school district (or city).
I think the bar needs to be higher especially when you are trying to convince voters. St. George was successful doing this for the city.
Also, not having a school board doesn't prevent leadership from giving some actual details that could help voters make a decision. Right now the message is, "EBR has done a terrible jobs for years; local control of tax dollars is better; we will have better schools; trust us." I don't mean for this to sound as snarky as it sounds, but these are actual quotes from the Mayor.
I think the bar needs to be higher especially when you are trying to convince voters. St. George was successful doing this for the city.
Also, not having a school board doesn't prevent leadership from giving some actual details that could help voters make a decision. Right now the message is, "EBR has done a terrible jobs for years; local control of tax dollars is better; we will have better schools; trust us." I don't mean for this to sound as snarky as it sounds, but these are actual quotes from the Mayor.
This post was edited on 5/7/26 at 11:26 am
Posted on 5/7/26 at 11:31 am to TooncesAndOmar
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So just saying "they pay 25% of the funds so they should get [x] in return" is not enough of a reason on its own to justify a whole new school district (or city).
It might not be reason alone, but it sure is a reason.
The state constitution provides for those who aree we dissatisfied with their situation to organize and band together to affect their community.
This is the American way. Our founder’s did this. First ad a nation. Then states. Then counties, parishes, cities and districts, etc.
The notion that we can do better drives all of this. It’s been this way for decades.
Now it doesn’t always work out, but it’s in our blood.
Posted on 5/7/26 at 11:36 am to TooncesAndOmar
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Also, not having a school board doesn't prevent leadership from giving some actual details that could help voters make a decision. Right now the message is, "EBR has done a terrible jobs for years; local control of tax dollars is better; we will have better schools; trust us." I don't mean for this to sound as snarky as it sounds, but these are actual quotes from the Mayor.
The leadership is saying they can do better.
Do you have a good reason to believe that they can’t do better?
Or do you think the status quo is best because we know what we will get.
Posted on 5/7/26 at 11:46 am to TooncesAndOmar
quote:We fought a war over unfair taxation practices
So just saying "they pay 25% of the funds so they should get [x] in return" is not enough of a reason on its own to justify a whole new school district (or city).
People wanting their tax dollars to work for them isn’t a new concept. The previously unincorporated area of EBR parish that is now St.George has been getting fricked over due to the consolidated City/Parish system. For years their taxes have been taken and placed in an EBR general fund, which is then transferred to the city of BR and used to fund services exclusively available to the city of BR that they couldn’t afford otherwise. Up until the incorporation vote St. George operated essentially as a tax colony for Baton Rouge.
Posted on 5/7/26 at 11:52 am to Bayou_Tiger_225
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So what you’re telling me is St. George, Louisiana’s 5th largest city, only has one high school(and not a good one)and that sounds right to you?
I'm ok with it. Especially since the citizens were not asking for nor were they using the brand new schools when they were built.
Posted on 5/7/26 at 11:54 am to Bayou_Tiger_225
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So what you’re telling me is St. George, Louisiana’s 5th largest city, only has one high school(and not a good one)and that sounds right to you?
If people in places like Oak Hills and Springlake weren’t too interested in seeing one, then what’s the issue?
Posted on 5/7/26 at 12:07 pm to armytiger96
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I'm ok with it. Especially since the citizens were not asking for nor were they using the brand new schools when they were built.
They asked for one when the original idea was brought forth and struck down, saying you can’t have a school district without a city. That’s what started this whole deal to begin with. So I reject the idea they weren’t asking
The brand new schools were built decades ago when private schools tuition wasn’t as high as giraffe pussy
You don’t believe the immense growth of LP and AP isn’t tied to a viable public school option for those who want their children to attend a good school but can’t afford private school? 
Posted on 5/7/26 at 12:09 pm to armytiger96
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Especially since the citizens were not asking for nor were they using the brand new schools when they were built.
The hell they were. It was the whole reason for the St. George movement. The schools within the district are at or near overcapacity- Shenandoah Elementary, Woodlawn Middle & High
And what brand new schools? Kenilworth Middle that was built in the 70s??
The fact that EBRPSS is still operating in buildings that are 50-70+ years old is astounding and a testament to how mismanaged the system is. Highland Elementary School was built in 1940 and still operates in the same building. fricking wow.
Posted on 5/7/26 at 12:10 pm to c on z
quote:I’d say they were interested considering they are included in the city of St. George, which went through a revision after the first effort failed and areas of low support were removed.
If people in places like Oak Hills and Springlake weren’t too interested in seeing one, then what’s the issue?
Posted on 5/7/26 at 12:14 pm to SoggyCerealClub
The original Kenilworth Junior High on Boone Drive is closed. There’s a new charter school on Siegen Lane that’s using the name that opened a few years ago.
This post was edited on 5/7/26 at 2:26 pm
Posted on 5/7/26 at 12:14 pm to SoggyCerealClub
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But to answer your question, yes, I do think the folks in St. George would’ve liked to see more investment in their area. What was the last school built in the St. George area? Not remodeled but brand new.
Woodlawn High School was built on a completely new campus around 2003. Not an additional school but definitely a new school.
In 2003 they also built a brand new Woodlawn elementary and middle schools which were additional schools. This is same time Judge Parker ended the case and EBR went back to neighborhood schools.
10 years later the people in area started to complain when the SEBR ISD (interesting they didn't call it St George then) failed.
The number of schools complaint is nothing more than revisionist history by people looking to jump on the band wagon.
If it was about the number of schools in the area then how come the current leadership isn't selling their plan for additional schools? What is their plan other than we're not EBR?
Your turn, what brand new (additional) schools have been built inside the limits since 2003?
Posted on 5/7/26 at 12:22 pm to armytiger96
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The number of schools complaint is nothing more than revisionist history by people looking to jump on the band wagon.
The number of schools wasn’t the reason, but it is evidence of how SG tax dollars went elsewhere.
I knew families that sent their kids to old Woodlawn. Good families. They had issues with the kids being bussed in.
I knew people involved with the new Woodlawn. I knew that bad teachers couldn’t be fired. I knew discipline was lacking. I knew that people on Foster Drive were running things and Woodlawn people were frustrated.
That was the trigger. The spark.
Posted on 5/7/26 at 12:23 pm to SoggyCerealClub
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And what brand new schools? Kenilworth Middle that was built in the 70s??And what brand new schools? Kenilworth Middle that was built in the 70s??
Woodlawn middle and elementary did not exist prior to 2003. So 10 years later they wanted more schools? Please post article showing they wanted new schools or referencing over crowding outside of 2006 post Katrina
If additional schools are the issue how come they are not part of the plan for the new district that I have been asked to vote on.
Perhaps you can provide a copy of the plan since no one else in this thread has.
Posted on 5/7/26 at 12:25 pm to LSURussian
The only thing that will matter is what EBRSS says. If I were the parent, id take a quick ride to their sb office and speak to someone and get the process in person. In the end, your relatives are at their mercy on the decision whether they can stay or as you said they are going to be grandfathered "out" at a certain grade. I don't know of a situation where a kid from another sd/county/parish can attend school in different one. Surely STG or any other SD for that matter wouldn't accept a kid that resides in EBP. I've seen instances in the past where a parent who works for a school district outside of their district bringing their child to a school in the district/school they work for. Ive also seen instances where that said kid uses another address(a relative perhaps) and got away with it to attend another school. Thats pretty much it. But yeah get the process from ebrss cause thats going to be what they'll have to do. Stg officials can't tell a kid they can stay in another school district. They have nothing to do with another school district but their own.
Posted on 5/7/26 at 12:30 pm to doubleb
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The number of schools wasn’t the reason, but it is evidence of how SG tax dollars went elsewhere. I knew families that sent their kids to old Woodlawn. Good families. They had issues with the kids being bussed in. I knew people involved with the new Woodlawn. I knew that bad teachers couldn’t be fired. I knew discipline was lacking. I knew that people on Foster Drive were running things and Woodlawn people were frustrated. That was the trigger. The spark.
Now, finally valid reasons to support the new district! All the other reasons are BS that has been spewed here and across town to ad nauseam over the past 15 years or so.
This post was edited on 5/7/26 at 12:30 pm
Posted on 5/7/26 at 12:30 pm to Bayou_Tiger_225
The Whiskey Rebellion would then also like to have a chat with you. Lol. Funny how things change once you get power.
You and I agree about taxes. I would prefer I had full control over my tax dollars (i.e. didn't pay them), but I also know that there are many good reasons to pay taxes. That does mean there is some loss of control, and many good reasons to complain when my taxes aren't being spent wisely.
So then paying taxes is based on trust. I would trust St. George more with more details of a plan. I am advocating hard for a NO because I don't want my kids to be the experiment. St. George may have the best schools, so why not just take some more time to ease parents worries?
I want the NO vote to mean, "No, we do not trust you blindly. Listen to parents more. Then lets vote."
You and I agree about taxes. I would prefer I had full control over my tax dollars (i.e. didn't pay them), but I also know that there are many good reasons to pay taxes. That does mean there is some loss of control, and many good reasons to complain when my taxes aren't being spent wisely.
So then paying taxes is based on trust. I would trust St. George more with more details of a plan. I am advocating hard for a NO because I don't want my kids to be the experiment. St. George may have the best schools, so why not just take some more time to ease parents worries?
I want the NO vote to mean, "No, we do not trust you blindly. Listen to parents more. Then lets vote."
Posted on 5/7/26 at 12:34 pm to armytiger96
I know of these
Liberty HS
Capitol Middle
McKinley Middle (not sure)
The new school on McKinley St by LSU
Old Walnut Hills now Visual Arts
Brownsfield
Major renovations
Istrouma HS
Glen Oaks HS
McKinley HS (ongoing)
Could be others
Liberty HS
Capitol Middle
McKinley Middle (not sure)
The new school on McKinley St by LSU
Old Walnut Hills now Visual Arts
Brownsfield
Major renovations
Istrouma HS
Glen Oaks HS
McKinley HS (ongoing)
Could be others
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