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The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board unanimously approved a new salary schedule giving most of its roughly 6,000 employees raises averaging about $8,500 a year, with starting teacher pay rising to $56,000.
“To all of you, congratulations on a job well done. This report is really reflective of the great work that is going on in East Baton Rouge public schools.”
“Now that I get up at 8 a.m., that's a good time.”
“It makes me feel absolutely amazing because I see the students wanting to do better on their tests.”
The EBR School Board gave Superintendent LaMont Cole a 3.6/4.0 score on his first full-year evaluation — the highest for a district superintendent in nearly two decades.
“You have a superintendent here who is getting it done.”
After weeks of deadlock, the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board voted unanimously to select LaMont Cole as superintendent.
WBRZ covered a proposed permanent pay raise for everyone on the teacher salary schedule — including support staff — to help EBR keep pace with neighboring districts and direct resources to the highest-need schools.
WAFB reports that the East Baton Rouge School Board moved to recommend veteran educator Adam Smith as interim superintendent during the leadership transition.
The Advocate profiles the 2022 East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District 9 race, in which Patrick Martin campaigned on dramatically improving outcomes for the district's poorest and most underserved students.