re: Who here is against St George?

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St.George would onlyneed tto pay 10-25% of that based on revenue contribution, moron.

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Based on your numerous factual errors in this thread, especially those "facts" involving money, what confidence should anyone put in your making up these new numbers?

But having said that, even if we use your lowest %, 10%, that would equal $80 million a year of the EBR total budget. If we only used just the general revenue budget, it would $29.9 million a year that St George owes. Both figures are above the $20 million you initially said is available for paying legacy costs.

Do you even realize when you try to argue your case, you prove yourself wrong???

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Assuming your screwed up revenue math was correct,

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What 'screwed up math'? I posted a link to every revenue number I gave, for both the EBR budget and St George.

That's more than you've done with any of your fantasy "facts."

The federal regulations were definitely a major player in the detriment of the EBR school system but that is far from the only failing component that has plagued our school systems and it doesn't take picking sides to admit that.

Just trying to educate the good folks of SG! Got it. I think the ISD was a good idea for those involved too.

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Just curious- do LSURussian and Golfer live in SG area?

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Is this a requirement to be involved in the issue? After all, one of the lead organizers of the St George petition drive, Lionel Rainey, does not live in the SG area.

Of course, if you had read the entire thread you would have seen how his company landed a no bid state contract recently that was conveniently divided up into three smaller contracts to avoid the $750,000 limit to qualify for a no bid process and how he is business partners with a convicted felon who bilked state insurance rate payers out of $150 million when she bankrupted her privately owned insurance company, Champion Insurance. And you would have also learned that Rainey and Senator Bodi White, also a proponent of SG, collaborated in trying to start a charter school in EBR that got voted down by the EBR school board. Just a coincidence, I'm sure that they now both are pushing for a new city and new school district to pillage.

But to answer your question, no, I don't live in SG but I have family who does. They are terrified about what their property taxes might increase to if SG happens.

And I'm concerned about what happens if we succeed in adding another layer of government to our community when less government is what's needed.

IMO, more government never solves most problems.

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parents have lost all confidence and trust in EBR schools.

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Not all parents. Don't even try to make it sound like everyone has quit the system.

If we don't work now to make positive changes, shame on us. We only have ourselves to blame for being apathetic.

AND, fwiw, the EBR school system improved one whole letter grade from 2012 to 2013, from a D to a C.

It's not good enough, but it's a start. And a good start is what we needed.

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Legacy costs are the retirement/benefit costs of employees

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That's just a fraction of legacy costs.

If that is your best understanding of what legacy costs are when it comes to a situation like this, I really can't communicate with you further. Sorry.

Then send your kids to a EBR school. I don't care about their progress, only where they stand now. I don't have time wait to see if the system improves.
My kids education is what I care about and I will put them in the best situation to succeed in life. EBR is not the answer.

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That's just a fraction of legacy costs.

If that is your best understanding of what legacy costs are when it comes to a situation like this, I really can't communicate with you further. Sorry.

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You confused the total budget of the city-parish with legacy costs in some attempt at discrediting me, and made yourself look like a dumbass in the process.

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THIS - right here is all I am saying. It's been 30+ years - and their time is up for most parents with children in school right now. Why is this so hard to understand???!!!

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Its not hard for the middle class among us. The time for patience has come and gone. Despite what Russian would have you believe, many st.George volunteers have attended school board meetings and been completely blown off by our leaders. The time for change has come.