By Chris Hoenig
Part of Baton Rouge, La., wants to segregate the city’s schools, and residents are working on a completely legal method to do so.
People who live in middle-class and wealthy neighborhoods in East Baton Rouge Parish are looking to create their own city and public-school district to separate themselves from the poorer neighborhoods in the parishand schools within them. Split supporters say the existing district performs so poorly that state monitors have been brought in, while opponents say it’s only going to cause bigger problems.
