Capitol High Partnership

Baton Rouge General and Capitol High School Baton Rouge General and the East Baton Rouge Parish School System (EBRPSS) collaborated to bring Capitol High School into EBRPSS’s Focus Choice school program for the 2023-2024 school year. Capitol will operate as a hybrid model, with a traditional neighborhood school including a medical Focus Choice program aligned with Park Medical Academy as the K-8 feeder school.

Why was Capitol returned to EBRPSS?

In April 2022, charter school network KIPP (Knowledge is Power Program) opted not to take
over operation of Capitol for the next school year from nonprofit Capitol Education Foundation,
which had run the school since 2019. This change prompted an alternate proposal from EBR Schools Superintendent Sito Narcisse and BRG CEO Edgardo Tenreiro to return Capitol to
EBRPSS as a medical focus choice school.

Who can attend Capitol High School?

Capitol will operate as a hybrid model, with a traditional neighborhood school alongside the new
Medical Focus Choice program school. This means that the student body will be comprised of existing students, priority zone students and rising 9th graders in the Medical Focus Choice program.

Are there admission requirements for the medical Focus Choice program at Capitol?

Students in Focus Choice schools are required to maintain a minimum GPA to stay enrolled, however the schools don’t have academic requirements for admission. Applications for the medical Focus Choice program are open now at ebrfocus.org.

What is the expected attendance of Capitol High?

Although the capacity for Capitol High is 600 students, the medical Focus Choice program will
start with 50 ninth grade students for the 2023 school year. After the inaugural year, each grade
level in the medical Focus Choice program will enroll 50 students, eventually with 200 across all
grade levels.