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Istrouma Enrollment Already At Istrouma Journal Celebrating the Past and Building the Future of North Baton Rouge June 2017 • Vol. 1, No. 3 • 16 Pages • Circulation 18,000 • 50,000 online • www.IstroumaJournal.com • 225-261-5055 Jeremy Gradney to Lead Indians Indians’Istrouma’s Goal: State 4A Football Coach Championship Football ated from Woodlawn High Woody Jenkins Editor, Istrouma Journal School and Southern Uni- versity. He has coached at BATON ROUGE — Istrouma both the high school and High School has hired Jer- collegiate levels. He was emy Gradney to be the an assistant coach at Be- school’s new head football laire, defensive coordina- coach when it re-opens in tor at Capital, head coach August after being closed at Mentorship, and strength since 2014. Gradney will coach at Southern Univer- have responsibility for re- sity. Coach Gradney and creating the school’s foot- his wife have one daughter ball program. Istrouma had and a son on the way. one of the top football His mother passed away teams in the state for many when he was very young, Jenkins Woody by Photo years and nine state cham- and his father raised him and pionship teams, but foot- his three siblings. His dad ball ended when the school See COACHING on Page 16 NEW ISTROUMA football coach Jeremy Gradney with Istrouma football from 1962 State Championship closed. Other new coaches are: • Xavier Johnson, assis- tant football coach • Demetrius White, girls How Supt. Drake Found $24 Million BATON ROUGE — A major all being done without a tax Istrouma Journal, Supt. version of antiquated heat- basketball coach construction program is increase. Drake said, “Basically, we ing and cooling systems to • Bill Umstetter, baseball going on at Istrouma High Many voters are asking have been able to pull the more modern equipment. coach School to enable the his- how was that possible? funds out of two years of That will still be done but • Shirnell Jackson, girls toric North Baton Rouge Basically, it all goes back summer projects that nor- two years later. track coach school to re-open on August to careful planning and mally go for maintenance Supt. Drake said he still • Andrés Serna, wrestling 15 in time for the school’s some major economies by plus by saving a bit here needs to find about $4 mil- coach 100th anniversary. Supt. Warren Drake and and a bit there. We also got lion to renovate the Annex • Ebony Noah-Williams, Total cost: $24 million the East Baton Rouge Par- $900,000 from the state.” at Istrouma, which will pro- volleyball coach One of the amazing things ish School Board. The biggest single sav- vide permanent space for Coach Gradney gradu- about the project is that it is In an interview with the ings was deferring the con- Istrouma Middle School. Istrouma Enrollment Already at 430 9th-10th Graders Only; How to Enroll 1,000 Expected by 2019 In Istrouma BATON ROUGE — New Is- these students attended Be- High School trouma High School prin- laire High School in 2016- BATON ROUGE — Enroll- cipal Reginald Douglas has 2017, while others residing ment for Istrouma High officially been on the job in 70805 are leaving a num- School is continuing in only a couple of weeks but ber of public and private Room 156 at Winbourne he has already hired most of schools in order to attend Elementary School, lo- the faculty and staff for the Istrouma. cated at 4503 Winbourne North Baton Rouge school, One parent said, “We want Ave. or for information, which is set to re-open on our child to get his diploma call 508-4549. August 15. from Istrouma because it Enrollment for Istrou- ma Middle Magnet is at Istrouma will be open to has a good name!” McKinley Middle Mag- 9th and 10th graders during The surge in enrollment net , 1550 Eddie Robin- the 2017-2018 school year. has Mr. Douglas and other son. For information, call On Tuesday, June 6, the staff members very opti- 389-0089. It is open for school’s administrative staff mistic. They had wondered students parishwide with opened a temporary office See THREE on Page 16 a 2.5 GPA who score Ba- in Room 156 at Winbourne ISTROUMA administrators will sic or higher in English, Elementary School and be- include (left to right) Yolanda language arts, and math. gan registering students for Brown-Matthews, school coun- Office hours are 7 a.m. this fall. By Tuesday, June selor; Sandra Moore, executive to 5 p.m. from Monday 13, staff members had al- school secretary; Brian Foreman, Jenkins Woody by Photo to Thursday at both loca- ready enrolled 430. Most of assistant principal, and Pamela tions. Talbert, dean of students. 2 Thursday, June 22, 2017 COMMUNITY PRESS, LLC CAPITAL CITY NEWS CENTRAL CITY NEWS & & South Baton Rouge Journal Vol. 26 • No. 6 The Leader Vol. 20 • No. 6 • CCN No. 401 910 North Foster Drive Post Office Box 1 Baton Rouge, LA 70806 Greenwell Springs, LA 70739 910 North Foster Drive Vol. 1 • No. 3 Istrouma Journal Baton Rouge, LA 70806 Phone (225) 261-5055 • Entire contents © 2017 Email stories and photos to [email protected] Published Monthly on the first Thursday of each month The Leader was founded April 30, 1998. The Central City News was founded April 21, 2005. They merged May 4, 2006. The South Baton Rouge Journal began publication in 1989. It went on hiatus in 2008 during its 20th year of publication. The Journal resumed publication as the Capital City News on Aug. 16, 2012, with Vol. 21, No. 1. Istrouma Journal began April 6, 2017 Editor & Publisher Woody Jenkins Business Manager Jolice Provost Account Executive Kim Powers Member, Louisiana Press Association and Chamber EBR Deadline for news and advertising: 5 p.m. Friday before publication $18 a year by subscription in advance • $25 a year outside East Baton Rouge Popular miniature railroad at the Baton Rouge Zoo near Baker Another Wacky Idea from Secretive Billion-Dollar BRAF Will BREC Move Zoo to Iberville Parish Line? parish. That particular site would So now the $110 million plan to Unelected Rulers also isolate the zoo from the Inter- uproot the Baton Rouge Zoo from state. It is 8.6 miles of tough traffic North Baton Rouge and send it per- congestion and at least 20 minutes haps as far away as the Iberville Exercising Undue driving time from L’Auberge to I-10 Parish line is in the hands of the at Essen. Board of Commissioners of BREC Influence in EBR Moving the Baton Rouge Zoo out of North Baton Rouge is an- while the unelected BRAF tries to Woody Jenkins other wacky brainchild of the super call the shots from the sidelines. Editor wealthy secretive group known as the North Baton Rouge and fiscal Baton Rouge Area Foundation. With conservatives may complain but BATON ROUGE — Now the Board more than $1 billion in assets and let’s face it, too often BRAF has the of Commissioners of BREC is con- a real estate empire, the ostensibly money and makes the rules! sidering a plan to move the Baton non-profit, non-political BRAF calls Rouge Zoo from its home in North many of the shots in Baton Rouge. Baton Rouge to a site in the south- BRAF never met a tax it didn’t ern part of the parish, possibly near like. In fact, BRAF was the chief Four BR Area L’Auberge Casino on the Iberville architect of Kip Holden’s $1 bil- Parish line — 22.7 miles and at least lion Alive Riverfront tax, the CATS Republicans Join 34 minutes from the zoo’s present tax, the Council on Aging tax, and home near Baker. the mental health tax, which would Dems on Budget It would be a major blow to North have gone to BRAF’s coffers. BRAF BATON ROUGE — Four Baton Baton Rouge and would put the zoo is the big player behind the opposi- Rouge area Republican lawmakers far from the population center of the tion to incorporation of St. George broke ranks with their Republican Entrance to Baton Rouge Zoo colleagues to support the state bud- Baton Rouge Area Foundation Agenda for Capital City and the Southeast school district. get proposed by Democratic Gov. BRAF was also the architect of the John Bel Edwards. They were: Kip Holden’s $1 billion “Alive” Riverfront tax • CATS tax • The Gay Rights “Fairness” ordinance • Rep. Franklin Foil “Fairness” Gay Rights Ordinance • Council on Aging tax • rejected by the Metro Council. • Rep. Kenny Havard BRAF Mental Health tax • Opposition to Incorporation of St. As BRAF CEO John Davies says, • Rep. Barry Ivey George • Move BR Zoo to Iberville Parish line. “We’ve helped “We’ve helped in a small way to • Rep. Rogers Pope advance a progressive [left-wing] The bill passed 56-46 and in a small way to advance a progressive agenda for Baton agenda for Baton Rouge!” Indeed crushed the more conservative plan Rouge,” said John Davies, CEO, BRAF. they have! developed by House Republicans. Small Business Directory • Shop Local Auto Glass Dirt Work Furniture Good Furniture That Lasts Nicholas and Maisie Lovett General Sand & Gravel Co. 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