FromThe Baton Rouge Advocate: Four failing East Baton Rouge Parish (La.) public schools will be run by charter school operators in the fall. Dalton and Lanier Elementary schools will be run by Advance Baton Rouge; Kenilworth Middle School will be run by Pelican Educational Foundation; and Crestworth Middle School will be run by Crestworth Learning Academy. The state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education voted last month for the state to take over all four schools.
FROM MARCH 2009: Six failing public schools in the East Baton Rouge Parish (La.) district will become charter schools and two others will be run directly by the state, the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education has decided. All eight schools were taken over earlier this year by the state. The board voted to designate charter school operators for Dalton and Lanier elementary schools and Crestworth and Kenilworth middle schools. It also decided that the state would directly run Banks and Park elementary schools for the 2009-10 school year and seek charter operators for the following year. The state will run Capitol Elementary and Capitol Middle School through its Recovery School District.
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FROM FEBRUARY 2009: A group of parents and teachers have filed a lawsuit, seeking to block the impending state takeover of eight Baton Rouge, La., public schools. The five plaintiffs claim that the Recovery School District — the state-run school district that would assume control of these eight schools — is already in violation of state laws.
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EARLIER: Eight civic, community and education groups have applied to run the eight failing public schools in
Baton Rouge that the state took over last month. All eight public schools are set to be run as charter schools. The groups will undergo reviews by state and national experts, and the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education is scheduled to make a decision next month.To read The
Baton Rouge Advocate article, click here. FROM JANUARY 2009: The
Louisiana state school board has voted to take over eight public schools in
East Baton Rouge Parish that have repeatedly failed to meet academic standards. The takeovers are effective July 1. Backers hope that operators of charter schools, which are designed to offer innovative education methods, will step in.
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REACTION: the
East Baton Rouge Parish School Board has voted to explore possible litigation to stop or limit the state takeover of eight schools.
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EARLIER: Louisiana Superintendent of Education Paul Pastorek wants the state to take control of eight of 12 failing public schools in
East Baton Rouge Parish. The state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education is scheduled to make a final decision Thursday. Pastorek is recommending that the state take over
Banks,
Capitol,
Dalton,
Lanier and
Park elementary schools and
Capitol,
Kenilworth and
Crestworth middle schools. All eight would enter the
Recovery School District on July 1 for at least five years. The district is designed to improve low-performing schools. Four other schools that were potential takeover targets would remain under local control.
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