re: St. George Movement is Back!

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Baton Rouge metro area has the 4th highest percentage of students attending private schools in the country

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Insane and sad considering that wages aren't particularly high in Baton Rouge.

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White gonna white flight.

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I figured thats what this must be about... Im assuming the St. George area must be white mostly?

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True, they are rapidly approaching critical mass in certain areas.

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From a planning perspective, they are making the exact same mistakes Baton Rouge made 40 years ago.

It's frustrating to see that.

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Central and Zachary still do not come close to comparing to Catholic High. Baton Rouge metro area has the 4th highest percentage of students attending private schools in the country, based off stats in 2014 LINK. New Orleans metro was 1st. That's pretty telling considering a very large portion of that metro area is considered Livingston and Ascenion, all public school attendees pretty much. The number is 19% in the BR metro area that attend private school. What do you think it is in St. George? closer to 50% i would assume when you don't have to count the public school attendees in Ascension/Livingston/Central/Zachary. It's a mindset with most of these families that they are going to send their kids to a private school. That will not be an easy mindset to change. All of the people that attend private schools in BR, could have easily moved to Zachary, Central, Praireville or Livingston, but they don't do that for the most part.

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CHS is over a 100 years old.

Here's what I think. Not many families are going to suddenly pull their kids out of private schools in EBR if SG opens. Some will, but most won't.

But look at the 100s of young families that move out of EBR to Ascension and to Livingston. Those families will form the nucleus of the SG school system, and it will grow in time.

But that's way down the line. SG isn't even a city, and there's no slam dunk that it will be or that an ISD will be approved. But if it is, I don't see a huge need for new schools right off the bat. Eventually though there will be, and that has to be considered.

Meanwhile EBRSS is having a vote on renewing taxes on April 29th. This needs to be followed closely by all concerned citizens. Do we vote to keep the status quo, or we vote no to indicate that we do not approve and promises made in 2008 were not kept.

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$10,512 per year isn't chump change for middle class families - especially since they are already contributing taxes to an inferior public school system that doesn't serve their needs.

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what did those middle class families do when their kids where in daycare? Two kids in daycare is $15-20K/yr.

Last time I believed the demographics were about 70% white, 30% black, Asian, etc.

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So are they taking the zoo with them?

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SGeans are counting on the zoo for a huge economic input.

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Private school doesnt' cost as much as you think here.
I'm about to write my check for my 2 kids for next year in elementary school. $10,512.

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Check back when you get the first tuition bill for private high school

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No, actually way up, according to one economic study. The StG folks had one done, but the company that did it included tax revenue generated from the North BR industrial area. The study concluded that no increase in property taxes would be needed. However, Faulk & Winkler did another study without that glaring error, and they concluded that the only way for StG to fulfill its promises was to institute a drastic increase in property taxes. Naturally, the StG folks rejected this conclusion and stood by the study that they paid for.

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As opposed to the study TogetherBR and the City of BR paid for?

I don't give a shite. I'm signing this motherfricker the second I can this go round. I was on the fence last time. Not anymore.