Legislature John Bel Edwards vetoes state aid use for private schools, vaccine discrimination bills BY WILL SENTELL | Staff writer Jun 20, 2022 Gov. John Bel Edwards on Monday vetoed two bills that would allow certain students to leave public schools and take the $5,400 in annual state…
+2 Education Baton Rouge school pay isn't competitive, a consultant says. A big raise could be coming. BY CHARLES LUSSIER | Staff writer Jun 12, 2022 To catch up with its local competitors, the East Baton Rouge Parish school system needs to increase its salaries across the board by 8% — in t…
Legislature Students with reading problems could use state aid for private schools under newly passed bill BY WILL SENTELL | Staff writer Jun 6, 2022 A bill that would allow second and third graders reading below grade level to leave public schools and take $5,400 in annual state aid with th…
Education Urgent Episcopal High investigates employee for alleged sexual assault of a former student BY CHARLES LUSSIER | clussier@theadvocate.com Sep 19, 2017 Episcopal High School in Baton Rouge is investigating an employee accused of sexually assaulting a former student several years ago.
+8 Education Cristo Rey ready to move back to former Redemptorist site following year of challenges after flood BY CHARLES LUSSIER | clussier@theadvocate.com Jul 9, 2017 After months of work, demolition crews departed 4000 St. Gerard Ave. last week, leaving little behind but open fields.
Westside Private Christian school planning to expand into Addis in the fall BY TERRY L. JONES | tjones@theadvocate.com Apr 3, 2017 ADDIS — The Church Academy, a private Christian school, is expanding into West Baton Rouge Parish in the fall and is trying to fill the last r…
+9 Education 'No place like home': Runnels School students, educators in full 'Oz' mode to celebrate return after 'wicked' flood BY CHARLES LUSSIER | clussier@theadvocate.com Oct 31, 2016 In “The Wizard of Oz,” a tornado tears the young girl Dorothy away from her home in Kansas. She’s unable to escape the strange land she’s maro…
Education Louisian public schools under microscope as public meetings eye revamp BY WILL SENTELL | wsentell@theadvocate.com Oct 28, 2016 How to revamp h's public schools will be the subject of four public meetings next week, including sessions with superintendents, speci…
High Schools Silliman tops St. Aloysius 28-7, moves on to MAIS playoff semis BY HOWARD ARCENEAUX Special to h Nov 12, 2015 CLINTON — Silliman Institute continues to play stingy defense, and the Wildcats made believers of St. Aloysius coach B.J. Smithhardt Friday night.