Interim Superintendent Adam Smith, who collapsed Friday night while answering questions about why he wants the job permanently, will resume his interrupted interview Thursday afternoon with the East Baton Rouge
The East Baton Rouge Parish school system is entering into negotiations to buy up to 46 acres of land just west of the intersection of I-10 and Siegen Lane, land that could become home to the first new neighborhood public schools in southeast Baton Rouge in decades.
The prospective land purchase is an important step in a long-running effort to build more schools in this school-scarce portion of the parish. To finance the purchase, the school system plans to tap into a $10 million pot of money established by voters in April 2018 when they renewed a 1-cent sales tax earmarked for education. The money is designated to buy land somewhere in the vicinity.