re: What's going on with Zachary and the school funds?

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Why do you crave making the EBR school system look bad in a thread about the Zachary school system by linking a story that's over a half year old and which has already been addressed by the EBR school board? Are you really that pathetic in your negativity?

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I suppose everyone is supposed to think your comments were made in a vacuum, and had no connection with any other political issues in EBR Parish. If my pointing out that the issues facing the Zachary school system are not unique, and providing a comparison that points out my preference for how the Zachary school board is addressing the issues rustles your jimmies that is too bad. Others who live within the boundaries of the EBRPSS might wish they were given the same choices as those within the boundaries of the Zachary school system.

Don't you think this matter has some relevance to discussions of the proposed St. George, and the desires of people outside the city of Baton Rouge for improvements to public schools? I do, and the situation does not appear advantageous to those in favor of St. George as it makes their fiscal projections seem overly rosy.

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Ummm... There's only 1 public High School in PCP now. Not sure about the elementary school closures

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In those days, there were 2. Central High and Livonia high schools. At some point Central was taken over by the state. I'm not sure what it's status is now.

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Sorry for the hijack, but I just read about Pointe Coupee's desire to open a STEM program in Central High if/when they reopen in the hope of attracting more students back into the public school system. LINK

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Last March, Brady shut down the Central campus for the 2014-15 school year as part of a ruling tied to a decadeslong desegregation case. His decision came after the state’s Recovery School District, which ran the school for six years, asked the court to return jurisdiction of Central to the Pointe Coupee School Board. The RSD made the request after the state failed to improve the school’s academic performance.

Students who were attending Central High are now enrolled at Livonia High School.

Brady also ordered the School Board to submit a plan for Central’s use for the 2015-16 school year — one that would attract enough racial diversity to a campus that has historically been attended mostly by black students. That’s where D’Amico’s proposed STEM academy comes into play.

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