Jindal's hypocrisy: the saga of St. Helena Parish schools; an interview with Superintendent Kelli Joseph
Posted on October 1, 2013
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By Robert Mann
Gov. Bobby Jindal says he's outraged about the U.S. Justice Department's pleading that raises questions about the legality of some of the private-school vouchers award to minority children in 13 school districts that are under federal desegregation orders.
Jindal, in speeches and a TV spot, is crying foul, saying the federal government is denying parents the right to choose where their children should attend school.
I covered St Helena's travails as well. What's even more absurd is that while RSD argued allowing St Helena to add some additional grades to their existing schools might have a desegregative effect, the actual data (that they are in possession of) shows that RSD is the having that effect right now, and that the St Helena elementary school is attracting more white students that flee the public
