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re: What’s next for St George?
Posted on 5/17/26 at 12:35 pm to chalmetteowl
Posted on 5/17/26 at 12:35 pm to chalmetteowl
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The way they’ve been voting against these amendments, I have my doubts that this will ever happen
All 5 lost. IMO it was a complete “no” vote down the list because people are too stupid to vote differently for different things. Duh, I’m voting no on this so I’ll just vote no on everything so I don’t have to think. Duuuuuhhhh.
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Posted on 5/17/26 at 12:36 pm to choupiquesushi
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The overwhelming majority of families in StG that currently use private schools would still be private school families.
Point taken. So, EBR should be able to charge what ever number they choose without complaint.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 12:39 pm to Adam Banks
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What’s the next step?
Seems like moving is the most logical one.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 12:41 pm to Mike da Tigah
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Seems like moving is the most logical one.
Not sure if serious.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 12:50 pm to UptownJoeBrown
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All 5 lost. IMO it was a complete “no” vote down the list because people are too stupid to vote differently for different things. Duh, I’m voting no on this so I’ll just vote no on everything so I don’t have to think. Duuuuuhhhh.
This is on Landry’s (and Murril’s) unpopularity driving turnout against
Posted on 5/17/26 at 1:03 pm to armytiger96
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This is where you lose me on this argument. My view is we are one community and I don't get caught up in the whole BR vs unincorporated in terms of tax dollars because we are City/Parish form of government. Arguing over the tax dollars is like a husband argueing
Because you don’t understand or care about how the city parish budget works / worked.
All incorporated areas (BR, Baker, Central, Zachary) got to allocate their tax dollars directly.
Unincorporated areas got thrown into the general fund and were lucky to get any of their money back.
The part that pissed people off was the law that x% of general fund money was automatically earmarked for BRPD and BRFD, meaning that BR was heavily funding its police and fire off the backs of areas which weren’t receiving those services. And this was NOT a small amount of money, about $50m annually between them IIRC.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 1:17 pm to Adam Banks
This was a very “no” across the board election. If this could have been attached to the to say the election when we voted on legalizing sports gambling or medical marijuana, it would have most likely passed. They need to just build community like a previous poster stated, expose how terrible EBR school system actually is, and get it on the November 2028 election.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 1:27 pm to teke184
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Unincorporated areas got thrown into the general fund and were lucky to get any of their money back.
This rhetoric is complete BS. Most of the infrastructure improvements in the parish over the past 30 years have been in what is now St George.
Other than Airline hwy and Coursey Blvd there wasn't a four lane road in St George 30 years ago.
Again rhetoric not backed by facts.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 1:35 pm to justinking042
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To all those who voted no, would you send your kids to an EBR public school? Didn't think so.... So stfu and let us do what's best for our kids with OUR money.
I wouldn't send them to an EBRPS, St George, Central, Zachary, Ascension, or Livingston school.
There are only two schools in this area that I would send my kids to. There are a few others if the first two weren't available.
This post was edited on 5/17/26 at 1:52 pm
Posted on 5/17/26 at 1:39 pm to UptownJoeBrown
quote:And again. That's what I was thinking. It will be up for a vote until it passes. How long that is though is anyone's guess.
The school vote will happen again.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 1:42 pm to LSUFanHouston
quote:Same here. I learned about voting on something St George when I got to the polling station and Im like .....Why am I voting on this?
The fact I, 80 miles away from St George, get a say in this, is absurd.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 1:44 pm to Adam Banks
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What’s next for St George?
Private schools, charter schools, and home schools.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 1:54 pm to ImJustaBoy
It will be interesting to see if the new high school is built now. If it passed it wouldn’t have.
WAFB
WAFB
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BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A recent vote by the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board has sparked confusion over whether the district is moving forward with building a new high school inside St. George.
District leaders say that is not the case.
The confusion stems from a board vote this week approving the next phase of a long-planned high school project on land off Siegen Lane. The district purchased the property in 2018 and approved plans at that time to build a new high school there.
However, if voters approve the creation of a St. George school system in May, the property would fall within the proposed boundaries of that new district.
At Thursday’s meeting, the board voted to move forward with selecting an architect for the project. Board member Dadrius Lanus said that step is a legal requirement to keep the project active and does not mean construction is beginning.
Lanus emphasized that the district will only build schools within its own boundaries. “Any properties that we’re voting on are going to be in the boundaries of the East Baton Rouge Parish School System,” Lanus said.
Lanus said the future of the project ultimately depends on the outcome of the upcoming vote.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 2:06 pm to Adam Banks
The local school bills usually pass. This one failed because Jeff Landry is a sumbitch and overplayed his hand on other things and pissed a lot of people off that just ended up voting no.
This post was edited on 5/17/26 at 2:15 pm
Posted on 5/17/26 at 2:13 pm to andwesway
St. George will likely eventually get it passed but they only have themselves to blame
They rushed the school amendment instead of presenting their plans for schools to their own voters
The students impacted want to know what their school situation will look like
Nothing more
Nothing less
The St. George parents impacted like their schools
Unless you tell them what the plans are and what the schools are gonna look like and what they offer they are not gone vote blindly on the amendment
They rushed the school amendment instead of presenting their plans for schools to their own voters
The students impacted want to know what their school situation will look like
Nothing more
Nothing less
The St. George parents impacted like their schools
Unless you tell them what the plans are and what the schools are gonna look like and what they offer they are not gone vote blindly on the amendment
Posted on 5/17/26 at 2:15 pm to The Cool No 9
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And again. That's what I was thinking. It will be up for a vote until it passes. How long that is though is anyone's guess.
I hope not. This proposal was defeated pretty decisively, and I don’t want to see a precedent where state legislators keep bringing the issue back year after year until they eventually get the outcome they want. That’s not a precedent I’m comfortable with, and I also don’t think voters should have to revisit the same issue every election cycle.
If supporters want to try again, it should be during a Presidential election cycle when turnout is at its highest and most representative. If it fails under those conditions, then it’s probably time to move on from the issue for the foreseeable future.
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It will be interesting to see if the new high school is built now. If it passed it wouldn’t have.
EBR has to be able to plan for the future with some level of certainty. How is the district supposed to justify major investments in facilities in South Baton Rouge if there is a constant possibility that those areas could eventually break away and take those new facilities with them? Whether people support or oppose St. George, the uncertainty itself creates problems for long-term planning and resource management.
At some point, the issue needs to be settled one way or another so the school system can make responsible decisions about facilities, investments, and long-term growth. As things stand today, it appears St. George remains part of the system, but there needs to be some stability around that going forward.
Posted on 5/17/26 at 2:23 pm to cssamerican
The new school will be built because that’s what the voters approved years ago and if St. George passes it will get that school
Posted on 5/17/26 at 2:33 pm to jcaz
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The voters all vote NO without actually reading anything. They think they are sticking it to the man
Then manipulate the verbiage to where “no” gets the result they want
The average voter has NO idea anyway
Posted on 5/17/26 at 2:47 pm to cssamerican
This is rich considering the fact the library tax is about to come up for another vote only a few months after it was defeated. How come the library tax doesn’t have to wait for a “presidential cycle”?
Posted on 5/17/26 at 2:52 pm to Indefatigable
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Let me state it more plainly: No one wants to send their kids to public school because blacks can’t behave.
Who is the hell down votes this? Self loathing whites? You are either contrarian or really stupid.
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