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The East Baton Rouge Parish School System, also known as East Baton Rouge Schools (EBR Schools) or the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board, is a public school district headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. The district serves most of East Baton Rouge Parish; it contains 54 elementary schools, 16 middle schools, and 18 high schools. The EBR Public Schools district is the second largest in the state.^[2]

Students in the three other incorporated cities in the parish are served by separate school systems. Residents in Baker are serviced by the City of Baker School System; Zachary residents attend schools operated by the Zachary Community School Board; while Central residents attend schools in the Central Community School System.

Policies and programs

The district requires all students to wear school uniforms, except those attending Baton Rouge Magnet High School and Liberty Magnet High School.^[3]

The district also partners with The Cinderella Project of Baton Rouge, a charity that provides free prom dresses to public high school students who cannot otherwise afford them.^{[citation needed]}

List of schools

Elementary schools

Zoned

Alternative

• Baton Rouge Center for Visual and Performing Arts (BRCVPA) (Baton Rouge)
• Forest Heights Academy of Excellence

Preschool

• Southdowns Preschool (Baton Rouge)

Middle schools

Zoned

Alternative

• McKinley Middle Academic Magnet School of Visual & Performing Arts] (Baton Rouge)
• Sherwood Middle Academic Magnet (Baton Rouge)

7-12 schools

• Northeast High School (Unincorporated area)

High schools

Zoned

• Belaire High School (Baton Rouge)
• Broadmoor High School (Baton Rouge)
• Capitol High School (Baton Rouge)
• Glen Oaks High School (Merrydale, Unincorporated area)
• Istrouma High School (Baton Rouge)
• McKinley High School (Baton Rouge)
• Scotlandville Magnet High School (Baton Rouge)
• Tara High School (Baton Rouge)
• Woodlawn High School (Unincorporated)

Magnet

• Baton Rouge Magnet High School (Baton Rouge)
• Liberty Magnet High School (Baton Rouge)

Alternative

• Arlington Preparatory Academy (Baton Rouge)
• Baton Rouge Readiness Superintendent's Academy (Baton Rouge)
• Baton Rouge Preparatory Academy (Baton Rouge)
• East Baton Rouge Laboratory Academy (Baton Rouge)
• East Baton Rouge Virtual Academy
• Northdale Academy (Baton Rouge)

Former schools

• The following, all located in Zachary, left to join Zachary Community School Board in 2002.^[4]
  • Zachary High School
  • Northwestern Middle School
  • Copper Mill Elementary School
  • Northwestern Elementary School
  • Zachary Elementary School
• The following, all located in Central, left to join Central Community School System on July 1, 2007.^[5]
  • Bellingrath Hills Elementary School
  • Tanglewood Elementary School
  • Central Middle School
  • Central High School

Controversies

In September 2022, East Baton Rouge schools excused 2,100 students from class to attend a field trip billed as a career fair and instead appeared to be a church service. The trip was criticized by parents, teachers, and students for the apparent bait-and-switch, separating the students by gender, and lecturing the female students on topics that included forgiving rapists and encouraging bullying toward transgender students.^[6]

In June 2023, WAFB reported there were 6,587 reported fights in the last two years across East Baton Rouge schools. WAFB also reported they found Instagram pages dedicated to fights at East Baton Rouge schools maintained by students. Likely even more fights happened but were not reported. EBRSP leaders stated they take violence seriously and will work to redress the issue.^[7]

Notable people

• Buckskin Bill Black, for local children's television host; board member from 1994 to 2010^[8]
• Alfred C. Williams, state representative for East Baton Rouge Parish since 2015; board member from 2003 to 2005^[9]

References

External links

• East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools