EBR school system seeks payments
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The East Baton Rouge Parish school system is seeking payment for more than $500,000 worth of services the system provided to four schools taken over by the state earlier this year for low academic performance.
Superintendent Charlotte Placide on Nov. 26 mailed collection letters to the two private organizations now running these schools: Advance Baton Rouge and 100 Black Men.
In her letters, Placide notes the organizations failed to pay invoices covering the months of July, August and September. Advance Baton Rouge’s bill comes to almost $338,000, while 100 Black Men’s tab is about $178,000.
The three months are the first three months the organizations operated the schools.
Placide said Tuesday she plans to press the issue in the coming days with leaders of the group. She said the main service provided was school meals, but also included tech help and utilities.
She said the school system not only mailed out invoices, but called representatives from each organization more than once to troubleshoot the issue. Placide said neither organization has disputed in writing any of the charges.
John Smith, a member of 100 Black Men, said the organization plans to resolve the issue by early next week. He said he first heard about the unpaid bills Monday.
Edison Learning has a contract with 100 Black Men to operate Capitol High Academy, formerly the separate Capitol High boys and girls high schools. Smith said Edison officials were aware of the bills but found discrepancies in them. Nevertheless, Smith said, the bill problems should have been resolved much earlier.
Advance Baton Rouge spokeswoman Annie Morrison disputed that her organization had received invoices prior to the Nov. 26 letter. She said the organization would pay any legitimate bills for services.
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