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After a surprisingly tight budget last year and potential cuts looming, the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board is clashing over how best to revamp the way it determines how

A year ago, in an anti-incumbent mood, East Baton Rouge Parish voters elected six newcomers to the parish School Board. These six individuals inherited Sito Narcisse, the at-times controversial schools

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Supporters of East Baton Rouge Parish schools superintendent Sito Narcisse are wasting no time in trying to keep the 47-year-old veteran educator at the helm of the state’s second largest

In an about-face, the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board has agreed to pay $3.5 million more annually to a Knoxville, Tenn.-based facility maintenance company to hire more custodians, boost

Instead of spending heavily to buy student workbooks from publishers, the East Baton Rouge Parish School System is looking to print these large documents in-house, saving an estimated $55 million

A recent survey of parents who applied last year to land spots for their children in popular magnet schools in Baton Rouge found mostly satisfied customers, but also a notable

As the East Baton Rouge Parish school system nears the midpoint of the fall semester, the student transportation crisis, while far from over, has eased some, but the millions of

The founder of a well-known after-school feeding program was selected Thursday to temporarily replace recently resigned Katie Kennison on the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board despite criticism for her

With a crowd of more than 500 upset parents and school employees on hand, Superintendent Sito Narcisse’s proposal to change school schedules districtwide in response to a severe shortage of