Director of Communications, Taylor Gast, released the following statement. Due to the changes brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, the East Baton Rouge Parish School System is working to address the higher than usual failure percentages across the district. Adapting to the virtual-learning environment presented new challenges. As we make adjustments to virtual learning, we are continuously creating new methods to minimize learning gaps, address absenteeism, and reengage with struggling students.
In West Feliciana Parish, failure rates are typically at 10% following the first semester. Currently, Superintendent Hollis Milton said the failure rate is at 12%. West Feliciana is one of the few A school districts in the area.
Public schools in BR continue to monitor students after holiday break to avoid spread of COVID-19
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BATON ROUGE - Public schools throughout the capital area are continuing to closely monitor students for COVID-19 to maintain a safe, productive environment for learning.
Taylor Gast, the Public Information Director for Baton Rouge Schools, says since the students and faculty have returned from the break, COVID cases have gone down and the number of children who are learning from home has increased slightly.
Officials say it is too early to fully gauge the impact of COVID on students following the holiday break but say so far, so good.
Interim EBR Schools Superintendent collapses in interview
January 9, 2021 GMT
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) The interim superintendent of the East Baton Rouge School system fainted as he was speaking during a town hall as part of finalist interviews for the top job in the state’s second-largest school district.
“I think I need to take a break, my ear is ringing,” Adam Smith said Friday and then fell abruptly to the ground.
Staff rushed to him and he was helped into a chair and appeared to recover quickly. A nurse came to his side to help him, while he drank water and people fanned him, The Advocate reported. A few minutes later, Smith walked out of the building unassisted. EMS examined him in the parking lot, then took him to the hospital to be checked out.