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But i refuse to raise my kids in a SJW environment -- one that teaches anything white is evil and that everyone needs a trophy. I would work 8 jobs just to ensure mine can go to private schools and not rot in EBR where school zones are changed to make F's appear to be C's for school report cards.

Meanwhile, what is Warren Drake thinking or what was he thinking getting involved in EBR? That man must really love a challenge.

I live in Central so I don't really have a dog in this fight but I find it amazing that even after all this time that most people (like yourself) are completely unaware that incorporating a city has literally zero legal implications in terms of forming a new school system. The school system would remain the way it is and there's no legal requirement to form a city in order to have an ISD.

When Central and Zachary formed their own school systems there was legal basis by which incorporating a city showed that they were not just trying to usurp desegregation mandates brought on by federal oversight. At the time it was the only way to get their own school system. Things have changed. There is no longer federal oversight that mandates desegregation in EBR and thus there is no legal requirement to comply with desegregation and no direct benefit to the school system by forming a city. You can literally just skip the forming a city part if you want to and are willing to put effort into it.

The people who wanted to form a city *really* want to form a city no matter what and they were more than happy to parade something the black caucus said around as being the gospel. Basically one of them quipped that they couldn't have a school district until they had a city and were ignorant of the actual laws. This notion that the black caucus will suddenly support the St. George ISD after a city is incorporated is naive at best. You will likely have to do it without their support anyway.

My recommendation would be to propose legislation again to get an ISD formed and this time offer concessions in helping EBR schools with legacy costs and accrued liabilities in the future. If its about controlling your own school system and not about money then this should be fine. I say this because getting legislation passed is not the largest hurdle to overcome. It's the voters in EBR that will present the biggest challenge.

The fact of the matter is that even if such legislation to get a new school district passes the legislature it will still have to win a parish-wide election. Success depends on burning fewer bridges in Baton Rouge and Baker.

Central and Zachary also had a much easier and less controversial time with the parish-wide vote because it they were already their own distinct communities and were nowhere near as disproportionately large of a tax base as South Baton Rouge is today.

Anyway, I understand people generally just foam at the mouth and pick a side now days but I just thought I'd chime in and try to provide some realistic insight.