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After months of searching and tumultuous debate, the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board has hired LaMont Cole as its new superintendent.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board has selected Metro Councilman LaMont Cole to lead the state's second-largest traditional school district.

East Baton Rouge Parish has a new superintendent. LaMont Cole, a metro councilman and longtime educator, will take over the school district’s top job.

But in the end, the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board may have gotten exactly what it needed when it appointed LaMont Cole as its next superintendent last week.

Prior action by the school board selected LaMont Cole as superintendent and is paying him $30,000 more than his predecessor Sito Narcisse, a 12% increase. Where is all this money coming from?

LaMont Cole could start his new job as superintendent of the East Baton Rouge Parish school system making $285,000 a year, plus he could earn as much as $68,400 more in incentive pay.