Yesterday the Cowen Institute’s Nash Molpus Crews and John Haffner visited Lanier Elementary in Baton Rouge, where NBC’s new show School Pride is working all this week doing its latest school makeover. School Pride is a new show that is like Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, but for schools. The School Pride team selects public schools with major facilities needs from across the country and works with the school community and local volunteers and businesses to renovate and transform each school. The show also digs deeper, looking into the critical role facilities play in the success of students and teachers, and what citizens and leaders can do to make schools better.
We are thrilled that School Pride came to Louisiana, since our facilities needs are so great. Spending on school facilities in Louisiana is fourth-lowest in the nation, and we are one of only nine states where the state government takes no role in supporting facilities. As a result, countless school facilities are in poor condition, and far too many of our students and teachers spend each day in buildings that are literally crumbling down around them. This is why we supported the bill to create the Louisiana Statewide Educational Facilities Authority in the recently-adjourned legislative session, and why we will continue to do all we can until every student in Louisiana has a school that is warm, safe, and dry.
Visiting Lanier yesterday, it was amazing to see what can be done in just one week when a school and community rally together with a little extra financial support and organization. The school was a hive of activity with volunteers painting, fixing ceilings, lighting, and air conditioning, renovating the playground and more. School Pride host Jacob Soboroff interviewed Nash for the show, and we appreciated the opportunity share information and focus more attention on school facilities in Louisiana.
We’d like to thank the School Pride team for coming to Louisiana, and encourage you to watch the show when it premiers on September 24. Read more about it at their official website, follow on Twitter at twitter.com/NBCSchoolPride, and you can even sign up to volunteer at www.schoolpridevolunteers.com. You can also click here to read more about the importance of school facilities and what you can do to help. We all have a role to play in building great schools!
School Pride host Jacob Soboroff interviews CI's Nash Molpus Crews
NBC’s School Pride Comes to Louisiana
By: John Haffner | July 15, 2010
Yesterday the Cowen Institute’s Nash Molpus Crews and John Haffner visited Lanier Elementary in Baton Rouge, where NBC’s new show School Pride is working all this week doing its latest school makeover. School Pride is a new show that is like Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, but for schools. The School Pride team selects public schools with major facilities needs from across the country and works with the school community and local volunteers and businesses to renovate and transform each school. The show also digs deeper, looking into the critical role facilities play in the success of students and teachers, and what citizens and leaders can do to make schools better.
We are thrilled that School Pride came to Louisiana, since our facilities needs are so great. Spending on school facilities in Louisiana is fourth-lowest in the nation, and we are one of only nine states where the state government takes no role in supporting facilities. As a result, countless school facilities are in poor condition, and far too many of our students and teachers spend each day in buildings that are literally crumbling down around them. This is why we supported the bill to create the Louisiana Statewide Educational Facilities Authority in the recently-adjourned legislative session, and why we will continue to do all we can until every student in Louisiana has a school that is warm, safe, and dry.
Visiting Lanier yesterday, it was amazing to see what can be done in just one week when a school and community rally together with a little extra financial support and organization. The school was a hive of activity with volunteers painting, fixing ceilings, lighting, and air conditioning, renovating the playground and more. School Pride host Jacob Soboroff interviewed Nash for the show, and we appreciated the opportunity share information and focus more attention on school facilities in Louisiana.
We’d like to thank the School Pride team for coming to Louisiana, and encourage you to watch the show when it premiers on September 24. Read more about it at their official website, follow on Twitter at twitter.com/NBCSchoolPride, and you can even sign up to volunteer at www.schoolpridevolunteers.com. You can also click here to read more about the importance of school facilities and what you can do to help. We all have a role to play in building great schools!
School Pride host Jacob Soboroff interviews CI's Nash Molpus Crews