John White Is Subsidizing Voucher Schools– and Being Called Out by BESE
On September 01, 2014, the Baton Rouge Advocate published an article entitled, “Cristo Rey Considers Starting School in Baton Rouge.”
Cristo Rey is a national chain of Catholic high schools that cater to inner-city students, even arranging for students to find employment as a means of assisting with school tuition.
The writer of this September 2014 article, Charles Lussier, makes it sound like Cristo Rey Baton Rouge is not a done deal– even as he writes that if the school were to open, those directing the effort already know it would be in fall 2016 and that the school would launch with “about 125 ninth-graders.”
At the time of Lussier’s article, Baton Rouge nonprofit, New Schools for Baton Rouge, was already involved in trying to establish Cristo Rey Baton Rouge:
Cristo Rey caught the attention of New Schools for Baton Rouge, a 2-year-old group best known for recruiting and supporting a handful of charter schools that recently opened in Baton Rouge. …Chris Meyer, president and CEO of New Schools for Baton Rouge, said his group supports a wide variety of schools. The organization’s focus is on expanding options for students in low-performing Baton Rouge public schools.
So, it seems that NSBR is prepared to financially assist Cristo Rey with establishing its Baton Rouge campus. Hold that thought.
Lussier reports that Cristo Rey Baton Rouge also has the attention of the Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) as a school that might accept voucher students. In fact, LDOE is so excited about Cristo Rey that Lussier actually published LDOE’s John White Is Subsidizing Voucher Schools– and Being Called Out by BESE | deutsch29:
