Episode 13 Crystal Tate Barnes - ”Shreveport-Bossier: My City, My Community, My Home”

Crystal Tate Barnes, Principal of Booker T Washington High School, sits down with Jeffrey Goodman, Director of Marketing and Development with the YMCA of Northwest Louisiana, to answer the following questions:

 

0:44 1. Crystal, you recently completed your third year as the Principal of Booker T Washington High School. Talk to me if you could about the high school. How many students do you currently have? What neighborhoods do the students come from?

 

4:20 2. Talk to me about the demographics of the students the high school currently serves.

 

5:18 3. You have an interesting perspective in that you were once a student at Booker T Washington. In what areas is the school struggling or what challenges is the school facing compared to when you went there as a student?

 

17:12 4. On the flip side, talk about some of the areas where the school has progressed and is excelling compared to when you were a student there.

 

23:42 5. I’m ashamed to admit but I don’t believe I have ever set foot in Booker T Washington, even though I am 48 and have spent 35 of my 48 years in the Shreveport-Bossier area. I graduated from Captain Shreve. For those listening who like me have yet to visit your school, compare and contrast the school experience in 2022 at Booker T versus Captain Shreve.

 

27:08 6. As you look around your school and student body, what makes you hopeful about the future of Shreveport-Bossier?