tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35681091.post6929585703384941570..comments2023-03-31T23:40:42.954-05:00Comments on Revolution 21's Blog for the People: One of these things is just like the otherThe Mighty Favoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15757347349470913066noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35681091.post-36864726242695141222008-05-27T19:08:00.000-05:002008-05-27T19:08:00.000-05:00Three generations of my family have graduated from...Three generations of my family have graduated from BRMHS. I'm from the class of 2000. <BR/><BR/>It was in awful shape when I was there and I'm still surprised at what's happened to it when looking at recent photos. I've personally scraped that cracking paint off the walls. Students did it because they couldn't get anyone else to do it in a timely fashion. <BR/><BR/>I'll be sad to see it go, I really will, but I think the whole thing needs to be replaced. Just not like what they did with McKinley Middle. Anything but that.HVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17874360884704940636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35681091.post-18808441134763358052008-05-27T15:29:00.000-05:002008-05-27T15:29:00.000-05:00Wow. Great post, I loved that Alamo article when i...Wow. Great post, I loved that Alamo article when it came out. I think the school looks picturesque from the street, with all the live oaks out front, just looks to me like an all-American high school. I guess I've never gotten close enough to notice that it's crumbling. And it's only, what, 60 years old? Y'all have some killer mold down here. I'm serious.Colleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00014245695974803652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35681091.post-74563315214906260722008-03-07T01:38:00.000-06:002008-03-07T01:38:00.000-06:00Oddly enough, when my family first moved to Baton ...Oddly enough, when my family first moved to Baton Rouge in 1964, we spent about two weeks at the Alamo Plaza Motel, while my parents looked for a house to live in. At the time, the place was pretty slick, certainly clean, and had a pretty good restaurant. <BR/><BR/>I was also a member of the first graduating class of Baton Rouge Magnet High School, Class of 1977. To see the condition the school is in now is absolutely appalling! It looks as if nothing has been done to maintain the place since 1977. The colours on the walls are certainly the same. This is an absolute shame, but as you say, just what I would expect of good ol' Looziana. Glad I live in Australia now.<BR/><BR/>All the best,<BR/><BR/>Tove Foss FordAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35681091.post-65489175455716126342008-02-06T18:25:00.000-06:002008-02-06T18:25:00.000-06:00FYI- commencement is no longer held in the BRMHS a...FYI- commencement is no longer held in the BRMHS auditorium because of the size problem, not the junk in the entryway to the balcony. The balcony is actually functional and is used for certain school functions currently. There is some junk in the entryway, but it is moved for events. In 2004, it was voted to hold commencement at the PMAC to allow students to have an unlimited number of tickets for their family members to attend. There was always a lot of drama involving getting coveted 3 tickets when it was held in the auditorium.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35681091.post-9626271452176771072007-12-15T14:08:00.000-06:002007-12-15T14:08:00.000-06:00I can honestly say that Baton Rouge High is in my ...I can honestly say that Baton Rouge High is in my heart, and the spirit that was Baton Rouge Magnet High School runs through my veins. My aunt, uncle, father, sister, and multiple cousins attended BRH like I did. My mother taught and was a guidance counselor there for over 15 years. I grew up running the halls of Baton Rouge High, and noticing the changes in the student body over the years. Of course, the condition that Baton Rouge High has been kept at is appalling to me...but really, what good is the balcony when it isn't even used anymore. The graduation ceremony, which to me is the biggest event in high school, is no longer held in the auditorium. However it is still used for various programs such as the welcome back, Christmas, and African American Heritage programs. Most plays cannot fill the auditorium like they used to, for whatever reason you would like to pick. But to say that the entire balcony is full of junk is misleading, because it's the hallways to the balcony that store tv's. It has been like that as long as I can remember. But I agree to the fullest extent that a serious action needs to be taken with the condition of Baton Rouge High, however the condition of Baton Rouge Highs policy needs to be looked as wellUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02665138768840893378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35681091.post-39499843578614799072007-11-28T19:17:00.000-06:002007-11-28T19:17:00.000-06:00Anonymous writes:"The picture you placed immediate...Anonymous writes:<BR/><BR/>"The picture you placed immediately before this description is also misleading -- the 'No public seating on balcony' sign is only used when an event doesn't draw enough people to fill up the downstairs portion of the auditorium."<BR/><BR/>ACTUALLY, the sign says "No public seating in the bacolny," and it is what it is. That is what I found there years after I graduated -- it's not like I planted the sign, or the junk in both balcony entrances.<BR/><BR/>In one entrance, there was no way to squeeze past the discarded desks, etc., to get into the balcony -- or "bacolny," as the case may be. In the other second-floor balcony entrance, I was able to squeeze -- barely -- past the junk to get to the balcony.<BR/><BR/>So, you're telling me that the school staff has to remove all that crap and find somewhere to put it whenever there's a large assembly at Baton Rouge High?<BR/><BR/>Again, the pictures are what they are. And the junk-filled balcony entrances are the LEAST of the school's problems.<BR/><BR/>You say the post "raises a lot of interesting points," and THIS is what you seize upon in order to get your knickers in a twist?<BR/><BR/>I'm not raising "interesting points." I'm screaming at the top of my lungs that your old school and mine has been allowed to become a f***ing dump!<BR/><BR/>As in "unfit for human habitation."<BR/><BR/>And that the school board -- and the taxpayers, too -- let it get that way, blithely sending their kids and others' to school there as the place crumbles around them.<BR/><BR/>But dat's Looziana for ya'!<BR/><BR/>And I'm horribly sorry if I misrepresented the usage status of the auditorium "bacolny." Coulda fooled me, and perhaps did.The Mighty Favoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15757347349470913066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35681091.post-71461307338945401272007-11-28T18:06:00.000-06:002007-11-28T18:06:00.000-06:00"Instead of holding students at assemblies or the ..."Instead of holding students at assemblies or the public for community events, the balcony of the school's grand old auditorium now holds junk. Not people."<BR/><BR/>While your post raises a lot of interesting points, this one simply is not true. I graduated this past May, as a member of the class of 2007, and I know from personal experience that the balcony is used for seating during events. <BR/><BR/>The picture you placed immediately before this description is also misleading -- the "No public seating on balcony" sign is only used when an event doesn't draw enough people to fill up the downstairs portion of the auditorium. Since it doesn't make sense to have some people sitting downstairs and some people sitting upstairs when the downstairs is not completely filled, this sign is used.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35681091.post-7152800884379778862007-11-14T19:34:00.000-06:002007-11-14T19:34:00.000-06:00Thank you for taking the time to write this articl...Thank you for taking the time to write this article and expound on this metaphor, a decrepit motor court compared to a decrepit school. It will make me think if our schools in Baton Rouge and New Orleans when I pass the pestilent motor courts on Tulane Ave.Alan Gutierrezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05978166876555048148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35681091.post-5737019961556268662007-11-14T12:37:00.000-06:002007-11-14T12:37:00.000-06:00Truly deplorable. I wish I could say I was surpris...Truly deplorable. I wish I could say I was surprised, but I'm married to a public school teacher...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35681091.post-25549701330680930342007-11-13T19:54:00.000-06:002007-11-13T19:54:00.000-06:00Wow, looks like Orleans Parish Public Schools...ht...Wow, looks like Orleans Parish Public Schools...<BR/><BR/>http://www.neworleansleftbehind.com/Clayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11905149250548893628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35681091.post-76813580241979739212007-11-13T06:51:00.000-06:002007-11-13T06:51:00.000-06:00How sad. at one point, I attended BRHS and it was ...How sad. at one point, I attended BRHS and it was great! More sad is the fact that our current Superintendent of schools was facility and money manager for years and did nothing! Now she gets raises for her performance?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35681091.post-77218845014726471772007-11-12T20:15:00.000-06:002007-11-12T20:15:00.000-06:00mandamus (man-dame-us) n. Latin for "we order," a ...mandamus (man-dame-us) n. Latin for "we order," a writ (more modernly called a "writ of mandate") which orders a public agency or governmental body to perform an act required by law when it has neglected or refused to do so. WHY HASN'T SOMEONE FILED A WRIT OF MANDAMUS AGAINST THE SCHOOL BOARD, ONE OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES IS TO PROPERLY MAINTAIN THE BUILDINGS THEY OWNAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com