Welcome to the East Baton Rouge Parish School System (EBRPSS), home to eight U.S. Blue Ribbon Schools, a nationally renowned Magnet program and some of the best high schools in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report.

While we are well on the way to meeting our strategic goals, I know there is more hard work on the horizon.

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In 1998 the voters of EBR Parish approved the five-year collection of a one-cent sales tax dedicated to improving public education. The tax generated nearly $300 million which the school system used to fund a facilities improvement plan including the construction of four new schools, classroom additions at another 22, and improvements and repairs to every school campus. The tax also funded the purchase and implementation of computer technology at every school, alternative learning spaces and discipline centers at the elementary, middle and high school levels for system-wide discipline programs, and pay supplements for teachers and all system employees.

In 2003, the voters renewed the collection of the sales tax for another five years. With the nearly $300 million collected from the renewal, the district was able to build eight new schools, renovate four more and make repairs to an additional 40. Funding was maintained for the discipline programs and employee pay supplements.

In 2007, the voters renewed two property millages for another 10 years.  This will generate more than $26 million, which the district will use toward maintaining and improving salaries for all public school employees and operating the School System.