South Blvd. Elementary Chosen for LINCS Conference
- 08/23/2004
South Boulevard Elementary School is one of only ten school statewide chosen by the Louisiana Department of Education (LDE) and the Louisiana Systemic Initiatives Program (LaSIP) as a school to highlight at the first annual statewide LINCS (Learning-Intensive Networking Communities for Success) conference in September 29-30, 2004, in Baton Rouge.
The following criteria were used to select the schools to be highlighted at the conference:
The school has participated in LINCS since 2001.
The school exhibited improved performance on the ITBS and/ LEAP 21 in its content area(s) between 2001-2003. (Improvements in School Performance Score were also considered.)
The school rated 75% or higher on the LINCS Implementation Rubric as scored by a LINCS Regional Coordinator.
The qualifying schools were reviewed by staff members from the Louisiana Department of Education and LaSIP to ensure statewide representation.
EBRPSS names its students of the year; Catherine Z., a fifth grader at Westdale Heights Academic Magnet School; Grace L., an eighth grader at Westdale Middle School; and Brandon B., a senior at Baton Rouge Magnet High School.
South Boulevard Elementary School is one of only ten school statewide chosen by the Louisiana Department of Education (LDE) and the Louisiana Systemic Initiatives Program (LaSIP) as a school to highlight at the first annual statewide LINCS (Learning-Intensive Networking Communities for Success) conference in September 29-30, 2004, in Baton Rouge. 
