 BY DEANNA B. NARVESON | Staff writer Under the cloud of a potential employee sickout when students return next month from summer break, the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board on Tuesday stepped forward in their search for a new superintendent, conducting formal interviews of the two remaining finalists. Tuesday was the second day of interviews. Finalists Kevin George, director of the LSU Lab School in Baton Rouge, and Andrea Zayas, former chief academic officer of Boston Public Schools, fielded questions from 10 groups each Monday for several hours. Read the latest installment from education reporter Charles Lussier.
As the clock is ticking on Louisiana’s chance to hold a constitutional convention ahead of this year’s election, Lane Grigsby–a Republican megadonor and perhaps the strongest proponent of such a convention–made a last-ditch effort Tuesday to convince legislators to play ball. In a mass email to state lawmakers, Grigsby sent documents detailing proposed changes to the constitution, such as a revamp of the state’s judicial system and the removal of constitutional protections for parish property taxes, including additional taxing power for Orleans Parish. Read the full story.
The dorms are too full: Incoming LSU freshman are normally required to live on campus, but this fall they can get a $3,000 bonus if they live at home with their parents at an address that's 30 minutes or less from campus instead. Read more. | 
