BATON ROUGE — A new partnership between GEO Academies and Baton Rouge Community College is already reshaping the high school experience for hundreds of Baton Rouge students.

Thursday, leaders celebrated a ribbon-cutting at BRCC’s Acadian Campus, marking the start of an expanded program that places GEO high school juniors and seniors directly into college and career classes on campus. The initiative allows students to earn workforce certifications or college degrees while still in high school, with tuition, textbooks and transportation covered at no cost to families.

Katie Grimes, College and Career Counselor for GEO Academies, said she’s already seeing the difference the move is making.

“At first I was kind of concerned just about the students being here on campus, like if they will fee

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