http://wrkf.org en http://wrkf.org/post/summer-learning-district-sends-students-library <p><span class="BodyCopy">East Baton Rouge Parish public school students are back in the classroom Wednesday. Almost inevitably, teachers will start by re-teaching material students forgot while they were on vacation. To minimize that learning loss over the summer, the district pointed students to the parish library.</span> Wed, 08 Aug 2012 05:00:00 +0000 Amy Jeffries 2155 at http://wrkf.org For Summer Learning, District Sends Students to Library http://wrkf.org/post/voters-consider-cats-transit-tax <p>B<span class="BodyCopy">aton Rouge's bus system is in crisis. The future of the Capital Area Transit system, or "CATS," will be determined in a special tax election on Saturday. As WRKF's Tegan Wendland reports, the system is facing a $2.1 million deficit in a budget currently projected at $12.6 million. The tax revenue would not only close that gap, but totally overhaul the existing system, and if it doesn't pass? Proponents say the buses could shut down in July.</span> Fri, 20 Apr 2012 05:00:00 +0000 Tegan Wendland 2607 at http://wrkf.org Voters Consider CATS Transit Tax