IDEA University Prep on Plank Road to close at the end of school year

BATON ROUGE - IDEA University Prep will be shutting its doors at the end of the school year and consolidating operations, school officials said. IDEA Public Schools said students will be offered spots at one of two other campuses — IDEA Bridge and IDEA Innovation — and most of school staff will be reassigned to a different facility as well. "IDEA will make every effort to reassign staff into open positions at one of our neighboring IDEA campuses. While we c