Central City News

Muslims in the United States have the constitutional right under the First Amendment of the U. S. Constitution to wear a face covering. Sikhs have the constitutional right under the First Amendment to wear a turban. If they have those rights, can’t Christians have a truly-held belief that they ought not have to wear a […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, Central City News • CENTRAL — Central Middle 7th grader Sara Olive was denied admission to her school on Thursday, Aug. 12 when Central schools’ Supt. Jason Fountain denied the family’s application for a religious exemption to wearing masks.  Fountain said he’s just following orders from the governor.   Sara’s mother Kim Powers […]

The Louisiana Department of Education has a committee reviewing content standards for all high school social studies courses statewide. The 25-member committee has become a hotbed of discussion of Critical Race Theory. The committee appears to be taking a liberal approach to the subject. The next meeting will be at 9 a.m. Saturday, July 31 […]

The Central High School Class of 2021 walked across the stage at the River Center in downtown Baton Rouge Tuesday night.  Altogether 350 Central High seniors earned their diplomas or will have done so my the end of summer school.  They join roughly 121 other Central residents who are graduating from Central Private, St. Joseph’s, […]

This bill is really about compulsion — about taking away the right of our parents to decide whether they send their children to kindergarten or not.  Right now, the law is that from age 7 to 18 you have to send your children to a “school,” as defined by the state.   There’s a legitimate, […]

The Central Community School Board voted 5-2 to raise property taxes in Central by $750,000 a year.  It was the first time since the Central school system was created that a tax has been imposed or raised without a vote of the people. Supt. Jason Fountain said he was not asking the board for the […]

 Property owners in Central could see their property tax bills go up if the Central Community School Board rolls forward property taxes here at its meeting on May 10 as proposed by board member Dr. Keith Holmes. The result would be a $750,000 increase in property taxes without a vote of the people. The Central […]

Growing up on the island side of rural Pointe Coupee Parish in the early 1950’s, I was barefoot most of the time. We rented our modest little farmhouse from Mr. Pete Samson, a kindly Cajun farmer who spoke little English. The house was $20 a month. We were poor, I suppose, but I had no […]

 In a far-reaching interview with the Central City News, Central schools Supt. Jason Fountain gave his views on key issues facing the school system, including: •While the East Baton Rouge Parish School System has been considering starting school in July, Central will stay on its regular schedule.  Faculty and staff will come back on Tuesday, […]

Hannah Wall of Greenwell Springs has been initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective, all-discipline collegiate honor society.  Wall was initiated at Southeastern Louisiana University. She is among approximately 30,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year.  Membership is […]