re: EBR School Board and The Advocate angered over Basis Charter School's lack of diversity

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Public school people really get riled up by the subject of charter schools. I really do think the movement to get rid of the socialist institution of public schools is gaining steam.

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Could anyone expound on this notion of being rid of “socialist” public schools, and what makes an overall charter school system better? I do understand that the overlords of today’s EBR school system seem to have no desire for it to be great, and that indoctrination via public schools has increased significantly since my days in the halls, but stay with me.

What’s the issue with returning to the traditional neighborhood public school model with a healthy mix of private/parochial schools sprinkled in? I’m currently of the belief that you should be able to control your education to the point that you have the option to move into a public school district and go to the school without being selected such as a charter or magnet school (which of course is what’s happening with everyone moving to AP and LP). I also believe there is a place for magnets, but removing all freedoms from pursuing a local public option leaving only charters/privates equally concerns me.

I wish they would have had the sanity to build a new traditional neighborhood school somewhere in south BR as a new trial of the old ways to show it could still work fine even in EBR. It’s ludicrous that people as far as U-Club are in the district for Tara High which essentially leaves the only option as private.

Because everyone is about “feels” these days instead of results. A case of “perfect is the enemy of good”, as succeeding but not having an equitable amount of poor minorities means that it has to be “fixed”.

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Nobody is saying it’s easy to change laws but elected officials are sworn to uphold the laws of the state constitution. If they can’t follow the law, then the need to step down. Starting with this woman...

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Jill 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. Many middle and upper class families in East Baton Rouge routinely avoid public schools, which means the demographics of students enrolled in the public school do not reflect those of the parish as a whole.

Dyason also downplayed the state law.

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WOW.....