Spotlight: Hilltop’s Sister School Progress Elementary

Second grade teacher Janet McKnight was determined to do something to help Hurricane Katrina victims in late August 2005. With the assistance of parent Tre Curran and Volunteers In Public Schools, Kensington Hilltop School was partnered with our sister school in Baton Rouge, Progress Elementary. Located in East Baton Rouge, the majority of Progress students are low income. In the aftermath of Katrina, Progress grew from 350 students to 500 students ...

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