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re: EBR School Board and The Advocate angered over Basis Charter School's lack of diversity
Posted on 5/13/19 at 11:11 am to cssamerican
Posted on 5/13/19 at 11:11 am to cssamerican
I’m not sure it can be fixed, which is the big problem.
There are at least three factors here.
One - The people in power at EBRPSB don’t want to give up power and would rather burn everything down and rule the ashes than give up power and see kids succeed.
Two - It would require the gutting of the magnet / gifted system, which is one of the few redeeming qualities of the current system. The problem is that it means you get three good schools in Scotlandville, Lee, and BRMHS while the remaining schools are made up of C, D, and F students. Having high achieving students back in those schools is healthier for the schools but the kids and their parents won’t want to deal with it.
Three- Alternatives are so established right now that it is hard to get people to come back. Why roll the dice on EBRPSS if you can send your kids to Central, Zachary, AP, LP, or one of a ton of high achieving private schools like Catholic, St Joe’s, Episcopal, etc?
This could have been done a generation or two ago and possibly succeeded.
As of now, best we likely get is areas continuing to break off from EBRPSS to form their own system while EBRPSS continues to slide into irrelevance.
There are at least three factors here.
One - The people in power at EBRPSB don’t want to give up power and would rather burn everything down and rule the ashes than give up power and see kids succeed.
Two - It would require the gutting of the magnet / gifted system, which is one of the few redeeming qualities of the current system. The problem is that it means you get three good schools in Scotlandville, Lee, and BRMHS while the remaining schools are made up of C, D, and F students. Having high achieving students back in those schools is healthier for the schools but the kids and their parents won’t want to deal with it.
Three- Alternatives are so established right now that it is hard to get people to come back. Why roll the dice on EBRPSS if you can send your kids to Central, Zachary, AP, LP, or one of a ton of high achieving private schools like Catholic, St Joe’s, Episcopal, etc?
This could have been done a generation or two ago and possibly succeeded.
As of now, best we likely get is areas continuing to break off from EBRPSS to form their own system while EBRPSS continues to slide into irrelevance.
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Posted on 5/13/19 at 11:12 am to member12
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But in narrowly approving the expansion plans of this nationally celebrated school network Thursday night, the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board made clear that it’s not done scrutinizing BASIS, particularly its lack of socioeconomic diversity.
That's rich. The only reason schools like that have an appeal in the first place is because the EBR School Board is a complete and utter shitshow. I guess they needed something to focus on while they ignore kids who can't read/write being allowed to graduate.
Posted on 5/13/19 at 11:13 am to teke184
Slide?
lol
It’s been worthless and irrelevant for decades.
lol
It’s been worthless and irrelevant for decades.
Posted on 5/13/19 at 11:16 am to Bard
They are a big believer in former teacher union bigwig Albert Shanker who is apocryphally quoted as said “When schoolchildren start paying union does, that’s when I’ll start representing the interests of school children.”
They don’t give a shite about kids, just the money they bring in.
They don’t give a shite about kids, just the money they bring in.
Posted on 5/13/19 at 11:16 am to member12
Why aren't they griping about the lack of diversity in EBR public schools?
Posted on 5/13/19 at 11:17 am to BRgetthenet
Slide is being generous.
There are still functions kids coming out of the magnet schools but the regular students are fricked.
If/when St George or the charters start offering an equal or better education, the kids will leave there and the remaining system will be further fricked.
There are still functions kids coming out of the magnet schools but the regular students are fricked.
If/when St George or the charters start offering an equal or better education, the kids will leave there and the remaining system will be further fricked.
Posted on 5/13/19 at 11:18 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
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Why aren't they griping about the lack of diversity in EBR public schools?
Diversity just means less white people now.
Posted on 5/13/19 at 11:19 am to member12
This is a hard one for me being the typical southern “racist”. I get sick of everything being about race and how they’re miss treated, we must give them more and all of that when they do nothing with what they’re given, ruin infastructure and continue the blight.
However education is truely the only way to break the cycle for future generations, so something needs to be done to get the kids (who are not at fault) out of the shite public schools too.
However education is truely the only way to break the cycle for future generations, so something needs to be done to get the kids (who are not at fault) out of the shite public schools too.
Posted on 5/13/19 at 11:20 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
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Why aren't they griping about the lack of diversity in EBR public schools?
While not in this context, the EBR admins certainly have griped about it. They've also taken action to bring more white children back into the school system. An example would be Lee Magnet High. It was built for that purpose.
This post was edited on 5/13/19 at 11:32 am
Posted on 5/13/19 at 11:22 am to member12
Doesn’t surprise me at all. EBR sticking their nose into business and gonna run them off.
Posted on 5/13/19 at 11:31 am to Sao
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An Aizona based private charter is being harolded in Baton Rouge.
You didn't go to a charter school, did you?
Posted on 5/13/19 at 11:42 am to member12
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ill Dyason, whose district includes BASIS and who strongly supported its expansion plans, said BASIS is enrolling students who are closer to representing the demographics of the parish as a whole, not the poverty rates of the subset of students enrolled in the public school system.
I think this is a reasonable measurement. If the school was less diverse than the parish as a whole, it could be an issue.
How do the BR charter schools accept kids? I know in NOLA, you have OneApp which assigns kids to schools based on a number of weighted factors. Of course NOLA is different now that ALL schools are charters.
Posted on 5/13/19 at 11:44 am to jbgleason
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Of 10 charter school applications submitted this year, BASIS’s was the highest rated by an outside evaluator.
The school boards philosophy is this school is doing really well. We have to put more kids in whose parents (or parent) in most cases don’t care so we can drag that high rating down.
Posted on 5/13/19 at 11:47 am to Miketheseventh
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The school boards philosophy is this school is doing really well. We have to put more kids in whose parents (or parent) in most cases don’t care so we can drag that high rating down.
I know (hope) that’s not their reasoning but that is ultimately what happens.
Posted on 5/13/19 at 11:50 am to fallguy_1978
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We could move to the suburbs if we wanted to and use public schools but it's convenient to avoid most of BR traffic.
The longer you wait the near impossible it becomes because the child will make friends at their school.
Posted on 5/13/19 at 11:53 am to Areddishfish
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The longer you wait the near impossible it becomes because the child will make friends at their school.
We'll just leave her in private school at this point. It's expensive but we make a pretty decent living
Posted on 5/13/19 at 11:59 am to Balloon Huffer
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You are an idiot. First off all, soft bigotry of low expectations much? Hiring only the best will end up with only whites and asians? Let me guess - you think voter ID laws are racist? Are you a white knight or a plantation minority? Do you scream that others are racists while your actual feelings about minorities show that you feel they cannot do for themselves. That they do not stand a chance in a merit based society? I'm guessing you're a white liberal.
MERIT BASED hiring -- is what should happen 100% of the time. 100%. May the best man/woman win. Remember that? How novel. Leaving race off of applications would do just that.
Would you like to know the REAL REASON demographics are requested on applications??? It is called TAX BREAKS. Companies receive huge benefits to hire minorities. This is why race is on the application.
It doesn't HURT minorities --- it helps them. Only a moron, such as yourself, would not understand this.
Why are you preaching to me and calling me names? I agree with you on much. No where did I write this is correct or I believe this. I was stating that is how it is.
Just take a slow huff of the balloon and simmer down.
This post was edited on 5/13/19 at 12:12 pm
Posted on 5/13/19 at 12:05 pm to member12
and the ghost of judge parker appears... 
Posted on 5/13/19 at 12:32 pm to CoachChappy
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I would remove race from the application.
Refusing to judge people by the color of their skin is racist in 2019.
Posted on 5/13/19 at 12:46 pm to oogabooga68
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Refusing to judge people by the color of their skin is racist in 2019.
But Brawndo's got what plants crave. It's got electrolytes.
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