BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) -
It was a night of reflection for
the East Baton Rouge School District Thursday and recognition was given to the
man leading the way.
"This day, November 8, 2012, as Dr.
Bernard Taylor Jr. Day."
Taylor and East Baton Rouge coming
off the biggest one-year gain in school grades in district history and the new
boss introduced a Framework for Discussion; a plan designed at taking public
input and turning it into policy.
"These are the ideas that can be
formulated from that feedback and we're going to ask school board to ratify
that and give approval and if it does we move forward to BESE to get approval
for board of education," said Taylor.
Public feedback will come from
four regions that feed into Capitol, Glen Oaks, Scotlandville and Woodlawn High
Schools. Taylor says whether it's a community's push for a charter school or
improvements to an existing school, the focus will be student growth.
"At end of the day we need to put
argument aside and focus on the children and what we need to do to make them
academically successful and when we do that this community is going to grow
exponentially," added Taylor.
Growth that Taylor says has to be
fueled by a unified desire for academic improvement
"This is not a rest on your
laurels we did it it's a hey we will celebrate a little but we're staying
focused on the big prize which is to keep moving forward," said Taylor.
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