8449 Lasalle Ave
Baton Rouge, LA 70806

It has been excellent. LaSalle is a great, under-the-radar public school. I would willingly send my child there, regardless of whether he was in traditional or gifted. The environment is positive and caring. There are a lot of programs that support kids who are low income that most parents do not even know are occurring--I didn't know until attending an event to thank volunteers. It is also a school with a dedicated music, PE, library, art, and computer lab teacher. Many of the magnet schools do not have each of these teachers dedicated. We have been very happy here.

Although Tara High school is nestled in a nice Suburbian neighborhood it is one of the worst schools I could have possibly sent my son to. Staff is either too lazy or overworked but I’d say the latter. Seems like staff does not like to do their work and gets annoyed when asked to do so. My son currently attends Tara high and I’ve have a few problems with the staff not doing their job. My son has also stated to me plenty of times that he isn’t challenged academically not to mention the school is so run down not sure how it’s still standing. Unfortunately, I was forced to send my child to this school because this is the only high school within the area I live. With that being said this past week a few issues have been brought to light that has ultimately made me make the decision to pull my son out & be homeschooled. This past week was the week of the national student walk out for gun control and out of all the schools across America that participated in the walk out Tara high didn’t allow students to exercise the right. The principal decides to pull the fire alarm at the same exact time the walk out was to occur. In her words she “didn’t want to deal with all the commotion” Word of advice if you can avoid it Do Not Send Your Child To This School by all means.

My daughter has thrived there. It's a very supportive environment for kids who want to learn. Too many fights, but unfortunately that's everywhere these days - the faculty seems yo handle it well.