Baton Rouge High School - Fricassee Yearbook (Baton Rouge, LA)

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I Something else unique about Baton Rouge High is their lack of a major sports program. In the past year their has been much argument over whether one should be estab lished or not. The general opinion of the students is split. Yet without a major sports program we swept every category we i I entered in the Jr. Olympics at L.S.U. in the fencing division. | Fencing, a sport not taught in most schools, has readily 5 become very popular at Baton Rouge High. All students who attend Baton Rouge High have made an individual decision in coming here. We are the only public school in the parish which has a student body based on voluntary members. Most schools draw students from a small area, but we draw them from the entire parish. Baton Rouge High School was set up to •‘attract” students from throughout the parish. But for a variety of reasons, the pull of the magnet is far greater in some areas than others. The zip code area with the largest number of students is 70808, generally in the vicinity of LSU, St. George. Walnut Hills, Kenilworth, and the Southdowns area. Some 230 stu dents come to BRHS from this ”08” part of town. The zip area with the fewest students is 70777, the East Baton Rouge part of the Slaughter area, which is represented by only three students at the school. Pride (70770) to the postman) sends only five. One factor that probably contributes to the scarcity of students from some northern and eastern sections of the par ish is a feeling of cohesiveness and identity with a commu mty school. For example. Baker sends only 10 students to BRHS. This is because the original Baker High was established at the turn of the century and has rich community tra dition. The students of BRHS come from at least 18 different subdivisions. Baton Rouge High is as unique as its students.

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