It's Baton Rouge: Out To Lunch

Is aiming to be being smart, fit, and happy too much to ask? Not if you ask Stephanie's guests on this edition of Out to Lunch. What we'd all like to know is, how do you get there? Well, step one is, you start today. Right now. In today’s complex, high-tech, polarized and post-pandemic era, it does indeed, as someone famously once said, take a village to raise a child. You as a parent cannot do it alone. Raising balanced, productive little people requires not only concerned caregivers but a robust school system and a variety of other programs that address emotional, physical and psychological needs. Dr. Sito Narcisse is Superintendent of East Baton Rouge Parish Schools, which has more than 45,000 students. Since taking over at the helm of the system in January 2021, Sito has rolled out an ambitious new strategic plan aimed at improving student achievement and creating a dual enrollment program that will help make more Baton Rouge students ready for college. Sito comes to EBR Schools with more than a dec