East Baton Rouge board approves Northdale Superintendent’s Academy move to Belfair campus
The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board on July 23 approved relocating Northdale Superintendent’s Academy from its Cletus Drive site to the Belfair campus on Fairfields Avenue for the 2026-27 school year.
The decision finalizes the campus move for the alternative-school program, rather than leaving it as a proposal. The report did not provide a vote tally.
A campus change for 2026-27
Northdale students will be served at the Belfair campus when the 2026-27 school year begins. The approved action changes the program’s location, but the available report does not specify an exact opening date at Belfair.
The report also did not state projected enrollment at the new campus or detail transportation arrangements. Those implementation details will be important for families and staff preparing for the school-year transition, but they were not included in the available account of the board action.
A board member said the relocation was intended to benefit students, families and the community. No additional details about the anticipated benefits were provided in the report.
Part of a wider district realignment
The Northdale relocation follows broader school realignment in the East Baton Rouge Parish School System. During the 2025-26 school year, 28 East Baton Rouge schools were affected by realignment, according to the report.
Four schools changed locations completely during that period. The reported figures do not mean that all 28 schools moved, and the account does not describe the specific type or duration of every realignment change.
Northdale was described as a C-rated school under Louisiana accountability metrics for alternative schools. That rating is a reported accountability designation; the available report does not establish that the relocation was caused by the rating or draw a broader conclusion about the school’s academic performance.
What remains to be announced
The board’s approval establishes the move for 2026-27, but the available reporting does not identify a further board meeting date, a transition schedule, transportation changes or an expected student count at Belfair. Families and employees will need district implementation information before classes begin.
The action should not be characterized as a school closure based on the available information. It is an approved relocation of Northdale Superintendent’s Academy from Cletus Drive to the Belfair campus on Fairfields Avenue.
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