Originally Posted by
TechAlum05
I know nothing about New Living Word church, school, or Rev. Jerry Baldwin other than the brief bio I read about Rev. Baldwin as a head coach at UL-Lafayette. I'm still concerned about the speed that the school voucher program flew through the Legislature this session, and the procedure the Department of Education used to determine which schools are worthy of vouchers and how many vouchers each school can receive.
NLW still has to convince Lincoln Parish parents to move their children from low-ranking Lincoln Parish public schools to their school. The school also has provide a high-quality education for their new students in order to keep the children and justify the school vouchers they received.
If New Living Word can provide a better education for the students than the public schools in Lincoln Parish, then that's fantastic for the students, the area, and the state. Public schools will have to work harder to improve their operations in order to win back the students. For NLW's sake and for the parents and students who choose to go to the school, I hope New Living Word becomes a tremendous success.
If New Living Word cannot do it, then the school will be deemed a failure and the parents will look for a better option for the child's education just as they are considering right now.