re: EBR Magnet program advice

Check out Mayfair lab. Excellent school.

Did your child attend regular EBR elementary school? Did you feel like your child was prepared when they went to Sherwood Middle? I’m just curious.

Most of the top programs have room for about 50-70% of applicants.

Better chance with BRFLAIM French, 100% chance with BRFLAIM Mandarin.

Westdale Elem, BRFLAIM, BRCVPA, Sherwood Middle, and Baton Rouge High are as good as or better than any private school in BR.

Baton Rouge High took all 9th grade applicants that qualified this year.

Where can I find information for tutoring for 3-4 years?

We send our son to Kumon. It runs about 250 a month. He goes Tuesday and Thursday for an hour. He gets 30 min of reading and 30 mins of numbers. I am amazed at how far ahead he is from class. Tonight’s homework from pre-K 4 are trace the letter u and find the number 11. Homework from kumon is addition +3’s and writing 24 different words and trying to read sentences with the 24 words. I still haven’t lined up tutoring for the summer I have the number of a pre-K teacher that will be able to read with him two days a week.

Will you stick with the gifted route at Laselle or will you try again for a magnet program in October? What schools would you choose as your top two?

Mrs Pimp made her presence known at the admission office. Chatted people up, made a positive impression. We filled out applications and our youngest entering kindergarten had to take a proficiency test. We did it all in good cheer, and it worked. Our path was Westdale Heights Academic Magnet ( outstanding ) Sherwood Middle Magnet ( ok ) and BRMHS ( outstanding ). Just prepare for it to be pretty rigorous and know that they will likely run into Government School ideas you don’t agree with regularly that you might want to stay on top of. But they’ll have a big leg up when it comes to college and their peer group will be really smart. And there is generally zero behavioral issues because the waiting list is so long they toss the kids who act like garbage with the quickness. Our experience gets an A+ —-we have been extremely satisfied. Putting 20k a year in my pocket every year has also allowed me to max out college savings too.

I’d go to the admissions office and be really agreeable and make some friends. Then follow up with who you meet on the phone. Work it for your kids.

So EBR magnet doesn’t do the lottery after the test anymore?

Admission is hand picked like private schools now?

If you live within a certain distance of a specific school, your kid can get in automatically - at least thats how it was a few years ago when we went through the process for my kid. He's currently at Westdale, and i have mixed feelings. It's a good school but it's a fairly rigorous environment. Be prepared for insane amounts of homework, and be aware that the kids only get 1 short recess after lunch, instead of the 3 we got when I was a kid. If your child needs lots of physical activity, I wouldn't recommend Westdale.
I would encourage you to check out some of the charter schools, a lot of tjem werent around 4-5 years ago and ive heard good things. Good luck.

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Does anyone know how many kids get waitlisted for each school specially WHAM and Mayfair

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Go to magnet mania in the fall and go to the open houses. They will give you contacts that you can email and get this information. You have to ask though, they don't really publish it.