North Baton Rouge Journal

05/25/2025

STATE SUPT. CADE BRUMLEY AT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF EAST BATON ROUGE AT 12 NOON TUESDAY, MAY 27

BATON ROUGE — Dr. Cade Brumley, Louisiana's Superintendent of Education, will discuss improvements in public education in Louisiana at the Chamber of Commerce of East Baton Rouge Parish this Tuesday, May 27, 2025. The meeting will be held at Café Américain, 7621 Jefferson Highway in Baton Rouge.

Dr. Don Mays, director of the new St. George Academy, a charter school that will open this fall, will speak on what the new school will offer parents and students in the St. George area. The school will be tuition free. Dr. Mays was formerly headmaster at Parkview Baptist School.

Dr. Brumley has served as State Superintendent of Education since 2020, bringing a "back to basics" approach that has driven significant improvements in educational outcomes. Under his leadership, Louisiana achieved its highest-ever rankings on national evaluations like The Nation’s Report Card and U.S. News & World Report. A joint study by Harvard and Stanford, the Education Recovery Scorecard, highlighted Louisiana as one of only three states where students have surpassed pre-pandemic reading levels, a testament to the state's Science of Reading-based literacy initiatives, which have transformed reading instruction
Dr. Brumley also launched the Let Teachers Teach workgroup to prioritize teacher voice and reduce classroom disruptions, empowering educators to focus on instruction. His tenure has expanded educational freedom across the state, introducing Louisiana’s first education scholarship account and increasing access to school choice options, including charter schools, home study, and learning pods.
A lifelong Louisiana native, Dr. Brumley has dedicated his career to improving the lives of students, serving as a teacher, coach, school leader, and system leader before being appointed to his current role.
The Chamber of Commerce of East Baton Rouge Parish is composed of small business owners whose business is located in the parish and who reside in EBR or a surrounding parish. Cecil Cavanaugh is chairman, and Woody Jenkins is president.
The luncheon is $25 payable to the restaurant. It is broadcast live at Central City News on Facebook.

08/15/2024

READ ST. GEORGE LEADER for August 2024. Click here: https://centralcitynews.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/St.-George-Leader-August-2024-small.pdf?fbclid=IwY2xjawEq_QhleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHQSekVdolpo_RY1tA3qT3kXBdL5PRB2fVf1_UysKDXfvKqwPwLtMjAn0Qg_aem_2mAa6sGbT0Jgj5Y46Pue9g

09/28/2022

NOT MANY DAYS IN YOUR WHOLE LIFE THIS PRETTY!

09/10/2021

ISTROUMA HIGH TRIBUTE TO THE HEROES OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, on the 20th anniversary of that fateful day. This video by Mr. Andrew Holmes of the Istrouma High School faculty (Baton Rouge, LA) captures the drama, the tragedy, and the impact of this attack on our homeland, as seen through the eyes of our faculty at Istrouma High. You will be moved as you remember that terrible day, but also inspired to recall that we were all united — as we would like to be everyday. Produced under the auspices of the Istrouma High Jr. ROTC. Istrouma faculty members speak starting at 12:19.

Istrouma High 911 Tribute

05/27/2019

MEMORIAL DAY: I was privileged to grow up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, during the 1950’s and 1960’s. The vast majority of my teachers, coaches, pastors, friends’ dads, and business owners were World War II veterans. There’s no doubt they were different. They had been everywhere and seen everything. They had looked death in the face and knew what it was like to lose their best friends. They each carried their own disabilities, wounds, and scars physically or mentally. They truly loved our country. Because everyone else went to war, they didn’t consider themselves special. Valor and courage were ordinary things among the men I knew. They had a seriousness about life that we don’t always see today. Yet, they loved to have a good time. They loved their families so much because they knew what it was to be without them. In fact, they loved life because they understood how precious each moment of freedom is. Divorce was rare. I remember my sixth grade teacher at Fairfield’s Elementary School, Mr. Gautreaux, asking the class how many in our class had a parent who was divorced. Of 30 kids, only one had a parent who was divorced. Virtually all my friends had two parents at home. Maybe that’s one reason we could walk the streets of Baton Rouge at any hour of the day and night and feel safe. Maybe that’s why we kids could catch the bus on Plank Road and ride downtown by ourselves at age 9 or 10 with no adults. Unsafe? Are you kidding! Every house we walked by was a “safe house.” The bus driver had killed Germans. Once downtown, the shop owners on Third Street and the people on the street were looking out for us. Many a time I saw a shop owner grab an unruly boy and s***k him right there on the spot! “Boy, if you don’t straighten up, I’m gonna call your mama!” “No sir, I’ll be good!” The boy would say, even if he knew his mama didn’t have a phone! Yes, the world is very different when it is populated by real men who are heroes. — Woody Jenkins

11/11/2018

ATTENTION VETERANS who graduated from Istrouma High School! Istrouma will honor our veterans in ceremonies at 12:45 p.m. Monday, Nov. 12 at the Istrouma High gym! It will be wonderful! Please come! If you can come, please email me at [email protected] to let me know you are coming! Please include your name, years at Istrouma, branch of service, years of military service, and rank.

09/19/2018