Mark Bellue News Today

Three months after the exit of Sito Narcisse, the slow-moving hunt for his replacement as superintendent of Baton Rouge public schools is accelerating with eight scheduled gatherings this week over

BATON ROUGE — A nonbinding resolution to oppose a state bill that could allow for the creation of a school district in the proposed City of St. George was passed by the East Baton Rouge School Board at their Thursday meeting.

Opposition is growing to legislation that supporters say would simplify the overly complicated process of creating new school districts but that detractors say is a backdoor way of forming a

The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board is considering a resolution opposing legislation that seeks to remove legal barriers that make it very hard to create new public school districts

A month on the job, interim East Baton Rouge Parish School Superintendent Adam Smith shared early thoughts Saturday on where he may take the school system, broaching potentially controversial topics

After nearly five hours of debate, the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board on Thursday voted unanimously to promote top administrator Adam Smith to take over as interim superintendent until

Sito Narcisse, chief of secondary schools in Washington, D.C., was chosen as East Baton Rouge Parish superintendent Thursday night, edging out the local favorite, interim Superintendent Adam Smith.

In a historic vote, the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board chose Black members to serve as its president and vice president Thursday — the first time in modern memory

In an often ugly debate, the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board changed leaders Thursday, installing board members who a month ago voted against renewing the contract of Superintendent Sito

In a show of defiance, supporters of Sito Narcisse have begun organizing a community-wide fight to pressure the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board to keep Narcisse as their superintendent.