Browse past news stories for Westdale Middle School in Baton Rouge, LA.

• Advocating together (The Advocate)
  posted on November 24, 2009 at 06:19:42 am
  College sweethearts Charles and Linda Sullivan do everything together, so when Linda became interested in becoming a CASA, Charles underwent training too.
• Survivor of rape confronts Vitter (The Advocate)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 06:30:49 am
  WASHINGTON — A Baton Rouge rape survivor whose videotaped confrontation with U.S. Sen. David Vitter is circulating around the Internet said Tuesday that the incident was not politically motivated.
• Schools show improvement (The News-Star)
  posted on October 14, 2009 at 06:26:18 am
  BATON ROUGE — Almost 80 percent of Louisiana schools showed improvements over the past year in testing results released Tuesday, but Superintendent Paul Pastorek said too many schools are still failing.
• Louisiana Mines CA Teacher Population (KCBS Radio San Francisco)
  posted on October 1, 2009 at 11:06:04 pm
  A Louisiana school district is looking to California to hire its schoolteachers at a job fair in South San Francisco.   KCBSâ Margie Shafer Reports
• Fire damages Baton Rouge middle school (KATC 3 Lafayette)
  posted on August 2, 2009 at 04:37:02 pm
  BATON ROUGE, La. -- Fire officials say an apparent electrical malfunction sparked a blaze at a Baton Rouge middle school over the weekend.
• Police and fire briefs for Aug. 2, 2009 (The Advocate)
  posted on August 2, 2009 at 05:10:27 am
  Fire at Westdale not seen to delay school A Saturday fire at Westdale Middle School that damaged a teacher workroom is not expected to delay the start of classes, the school principal said.
• Fire damages room at Westdale Middle (The Advocate)
  posted on August 1, 2009 at 10:10:17 pm
  Published: Aug 1, 2009 - UPDATED: 4:50 p.m. A fire at Westdale Middle School on Saturday morning will not cause any delays in the opening of school next week, according to Principal Sherry Brock.
• Fire at Westdale Middle School (WAFB Baton Rouge)
  posted on August 1, 2009 at 09:17:54 pm
  Investigators say an eletrical malfunction caused a fire at Westdale Middle School this morning.
• School fire leaves classrooms undamaged (WAFB Baton Rouge)
  posted on August 1, 2009 at 09:17:54 pm
  Investigators with the Baton Rouge Fire Department say an electrical malfunction caused a fire at Westdale Middle School Saturday morning. No classrooms were damaged.
• Kids Avenue for May 25, 2009 (The Advocate)
  posted on May 25, 2009 at 05:11:36 am
  Math, Science and Arts Academy East seventh-grader Bria Allen performs in the Iberville Parish Talent Machine’s production of ‘Pets.’ Math, Science and Arts Academy East seventh-grader Bria Allen performs in the Iberville Parish Talent Machine’s production of ‘Pets.’
• City-parish dismantling sculpture (The Advocate)
  posted on May 13, 2009 at 05:25:52 am
  City-parish work crews began the process of dismantling an avant-garde sculpture Monday — one that for the past 23 years has sat on the grounds of Westdale Middle School — to make room for a fire station.
• Teacher diagnosed with meningitis (WAFB Baton Rouge)
  posted on April 28, 2009 at 12:56:10 pm
  A teacher at Westdale Middle School in Baton Rouge was diagnosed with viral meningitis over the weekend. Doctors say this was not the contagious type of meningitis.
• Teacher diagnosis: meningitis (The Advocate)
  posted on April 28, 2009 at 05:17:05 am
  A teacher at Westdale Middle School is being treated at a local hospital after contracting viral meningitis, an East Baton Rouge Parish school system spokesman said.
• Investigators believe one set of women responsible for recent school burglaries (WAFB Baton Rouge)
  posted on March 16, 2009 at 12:47:13 pm
  Detectives believe one set of women may be responsible for a string of burglaries at several local schools. All of the thefts happened in East Baton Rouge Parish, Ascension Parish, and Zachary.