EBR School Board working to finalize location for new high school in south Baton Rouge
EBR School Board picks location for new high school By Donovan Jackson | December 17, 2020 at 4:39 PM CST - Updated December 18 at 6:58 PM
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board is scheduled to discuss where the school system will construct a new high school in the southeast area of the parish during a meeting Thursday, Dec. 17.
The school board has narrowed the possibilities down to four locations, spread across three current school zones, for where the new school will be built.
One proposed location is near Gardere and Nicholson Drive, the second option is along the Innovative parkway near Burbank Drive, a third is at Perkins Road and Siegen Lane, and the fourth location is Rieger Road near Siegen Lane.
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