re: What’s next for St George?

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Why do you keep shouting “facts” at everyone else and then you spew this emotionally based BS.

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Not sure if this guy is a lefty, but that is precisely how a lefty argues

No problem. The whole situation got me curious especially seeing posts on WBRZ Facebook about how St. George leaving will bankrupt the school system. St. George would take about 5500 students with them. EBRPSS has $21k per student on their budget of $823 million. My guess is St. George could do it for $15k per student (my home town on the MSGC does it for about that much for a top flight district), and I think that’s generous. That’s $82.5 million. How in the heck would that bankrupt them if St. George takes 13% of the students on 10% of the budget? The more I look at it the more I’m convinced EBRPSS doesn’t have a funding problem. Zero excuse for not having something better for $21k per student.

Put it another way. If they were to lose 5500 kids at $21k per. EBRPSS would down to $707.5 million for 36000 kids or $19k per kid by the 2026 numbers. The national average is $17,600. I think they could figure it out.

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How in the heck would that bankrupt them if St. George takes 13% of the students on 10% of the budget?

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I think the bigger danger for EBRPSS is potentially losing a ton of C level kids from the system.

The magnet schools have the A and B level students. Most other schools have varying levels of C, D, and F students.


If the non-magnet schools get too much worse, they risk state takeover and that endangers a lot of money. Hence why they have been doing shell games for years with the various gifted programs and selectively shutting down some schools, like Capitol and pre-magnet Lee, to head off state action.

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dallastigers

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GFY and enjoy your losing cause.

I'm sorry if you aren't smart enough to recognize the vast majority of St George citizens don't give a shite about the new school district. Just think if current trends continue we can have the trifecta majority vote "no" at the state, parish and in St George in the next election.

1 in 5 registered voters from St George cared enough to vote for a new school district and yet y'all still think you have a chance to put lipstick on the pig that is the public school system for BR and St George (once its formed). You can point to Central, Zachary, Ascension and Livingston all you want but it doesn't mean you will get the same results just because you say it's so.

This board is full of people saying they want good schools in St George then you should lead by example and send your kids to their neighborhood schools because that is what its going to take to get a good schools in St George. Our public schools aren't shitty because of the incompetent school board. They are shitty because we have watered down the student population through private, magnet, charter, and home school programs. You don't need a new school system to have good schools. You and everyone like you just needs to participate.

This is why Central and Zachary school systems had success and St George will ultimately fail. The vast majority of their students were already participating in the schools before they broke away while the vast majority of St George kids are sitting on the sidelines taking a wait and see approach.

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Shouldn’t a city control the schools in it’s city limits?

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This is the most valid argument that I have read on this board to support it.

All the other finger pointing is a bunch of crap.