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East Baton Rouge school district outlines facility realignment affecting 28 sites, schedules April 28 vote
Summary
Superintendent Cole presented a student-first facility realignment plan that would affect 28 sites, nearly 10,178 students and 1,412 staff, recommend nine school closures and repurposing 10 buildings. The board scheduled a special meeting April 28 to vote on the plan.
Superintendent Cole outlined a facility realignment plan Thursday for the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board that would affect 28 school sites and nearly 10,178 students and 1,412 staff, and recommended closing nine schools and repurposing or vacating 10 buildings.
The plan, which Cole said was presented to the board’s stakeholder process earlier this week, would place an estimated 2,239 students into what the superintendent described as “higher quality seats” and would introduce new specialty programs at 13 sites. Attendance zones at about 16 schools would be changed to accommodate consolidations and program streamlining.
Why it matters: the district said the…
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