The state plans to take over eight poor-performing East Baton Rouge Parish schools and serve in a supervisory role over four more. Paul Pastorek, state education superintendent, announced today that he’s recommending Banks Elementary, Capitol Elementary, Capitol Middle, Crestworth Middle, Dalton Elementary, Kenilworth Middle, Lanier Elementary and Park Elementary be put in the Recovery School District. The 12 EBR schools eligible for state takeover and placement in the RSD, some of which have been failing for as long as a decade, have about 6,000 students total. Statewide, roughly 15,000 students in 33 schools are eligible to go into the district. Pastorek said this morning the department didn’t have the capacity to take on every school for placement. “This has been a challenging process,” he says. “I wish there was a perfect world solution for this. There is not a perfect world solution.” For the full version of this story, click here.—Steve Clark
State to take over eight failing EBR schools
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