It's going to snow! Amendment 2

Both The Advocate/Times Picayune and The Baton Rouge Business Report have come out in support of the St. George School Amendment on the ballot Early Voting begins tomorrow. VOTE YES on Amendment #2

Advocate/Picayune

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St. George school system supporters have been steadfast in the pursuit of this objective. They have gone through the process laid out before them, and have done everything that legislators, the courts and so far the voters have asked.


VOTE YES on Amendment 2 - Early voting starts tomorrow.
In order for the new district to be created and funded, the amendment must win majority approval statewide as well as in East Baton Rouge Parish. We recommend a yes vote.

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Business Report

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Amendment No. 2. – YES

Do you support an amendment to grant the St. George community their own school district in EBR parish?

I have always been a supporter of school choice and backed Baker, Zachary and Central for their independent districts. I also supported the two efforts for an independent school district in southeast Baton Rouge that the Legislature and former Mayor Sharon Weston Broome denied twice. Now St. George is a city and wants to run its own schools.

This area has paid much in property taxes for decades to build our entire system and should be allowed this right to control its own destiny like others in our parish.

Several of our East Baton Rouge Parish school board members are opposing this vote simply to protect money, turf and union jobs. Shame on them. This is about children and education and giving parents choice.

This amendment must pass statewide and in East Baton Rouge Parish, too.

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