Let the kids play
Louisiana leads other states; the law here requires public schools have recess.
Mukul Verma
EBR rethinking neighborhood schools
How other systems are managing closed schools
EBR is in the midst of a master plan for facilities. Other systems are mostly turning closed schools into housing
Where the dancing horses went
For two decades from 1927, children in Baton Rouge’s City Park paid a nickel to ride hand-carved horses beneath a pagoda roof. A brass organ wheezed; riders reached for a brass ring to try and win a free ride.
Then the carousel vanished.
Its 54 horses had traveled
Look ma, no steering wheel
The government allows robotaxis with no mechanical controls. It signals a wider change in mobility and how we will live.
The other big LSU football donor
Holden Spaht reportedly ranks among the LSU football program’s top donors. But even his gifts totaling millions represent only a small fraction of his estimated $4.9 billion net worth, according to Forbes.
Spaht is a managing partner at Thoma Bravo, a San Francisco-based private equity firm focused
A calming influence
Pennington-led study finds THC calms people with dementia