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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU is planning to open its doors on successive Fridays this fall so sixth-graders from public middle schools in Baton Rouge can get a taste of what college is like in hopes that they will later pursue higher education.
East Baton Rouge Parish Superintendent Warren Drake and LSU Chancellor and President F. King Alexander have agreed in principle to the visits during a recent face-to-face meeting. But the details are still being worked out.
Drake tells The Advocate (http://bit.ly/1KACKSO) on Wednesday that it was Alexander's idea and is based on an event he did as president of Cal State University at Long Beach, California.
Drake took over the state's second-largest school district on June 1 and has been meeting with local community leaders.
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