BATON ROUGE - Eleven East Baton Rouge Parish magnet schools were given the National Merit Award.nbsp;EBRPSS says the honor goes to magnet schools that "demonstrate a strong commitment to high academic standards, innovative curriculum, successful desegregation and diversity efforts, and meaningful p arent and community engagement."The following schools were given awards:Merit Award of Excellence- Belfair Montessori Magnet School (Top Merit Award of Excellence)- Liberty Magnet High School- Woodlawn High Schoolnbsp;Merit Award of Distinction- Sherwood Middle Academic Magnetnbsp;- Westdale World Language Immersion Middle Magnet- Woodlawn Middle Magnetnbsp;- Scotlandville Pre-Engineering Magnet Academynbsp;- McKinley Middle Academic Magnetnbsp;- Baton Rouge Magnet Highnbsp;- Forest Heights Academy of Excellencenbsp;- Villa del Rey Creative Sciences and Arts MagnetPermalink| Comments ...read more read less