Collection:LPB

Genre: News, Public Affairs, Speech

Place Covered: East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 2016-07-25

Duration: 00:27:42

Subjects: BATON ROUGE PRESS CLUB | East Baton Rouge Parish School System (La.) | Education | Drake, H. Warren, Jr.

Contributors:

• Drake, Warren Speaker

A speech by Warren Drake before the Baton Rouge Press Club on July 25, 2016. Drake is the superintendent of the East Baton Rouge Parish School System. He discusses: the demographics of the school district; their community response plan following the deaths of Alton Sterling and three Baton Rouge law enforcement officers; the importance of educating the whole child through academics, art education, and athletics; career diplomas; and their new technology program, which provides a computer for every fifth through eighth grade student. He also answers questions from the audience.