A proposed constitutional amendment to create a St. George school district looked headed to defeat Saturday as it trailed statewide by a wide margin with more than half the precincts in the state voting.
About 62% of the statewide electorate had voted no while 38% voted yes to forming the state’s 70th public school system as of 9:30 p.m.
In East Baton Rouge Parish, the proposition trailed by an even wider margin, with only 3 of 10 voters in favor of the new school system — about 35% of the precincts were in…