Senator touts proposal for southeast BR school district
by Will Sentell - Advocate (excerpt)

Minority enrollment in a proposed new school district in southeast Baton Rouge could be as high as 35 percent, the chief legislative backer of the plan said Monday. State Sen. Bodi White, R-Central, who will handle the legislation, said that while figures show that about 20 percent of the proposed district is minority, when school-age children are factored in the total could reach 25 percent to 35 percent.

White said when the Central Community School District was formed, there were predictions that only 10 percent of enrollment in those schools would be minority, generally black students. Instead, nearly one in four students attending Central schools are minorities, he told the Press Club of Baton Rouge.

The proposed district would extend southeast from the Interstate 10/12 split, south of I-12 and east of I-10 to the parish lines.