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Election of New Smaller School Board Could Result in Old Gridlock

89.3 WRKF Baton Rouge | By Amy Jeffries

Published October 31, 2014 at 6:51 AM CDT

Members of the existing East Baton Rouge Parish School Board.

Members of the existing East Baton Rouge Parish School Board.

Tuesday marks the first East Baton Rouge Parish school board election since a redistricting plan was passed this summer, shrinking the board from 11 members to 9.

Charles Lussier is a reporter for The Advocate and has been following the races for the six contested seats.

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Amy Jeffries

Amy started her career in public radio at WNPR in Hartford, CT more than a decade ago. NPR flew her in to Baton Rouge to help WRKF cover the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina while she was still based in the North. Here she found her journalistic calling.