Preston Castille, left, president and CEO at Helix Community Schools, speaks at the St. Landry Parish School Board Committee of the Whole meeting on Tuesday about the opening of new school in Opelousas. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
St. Landry Parish’s new public school, Helix A.I. And Medical Academy in Opelousas, will open with at least 400 students in August, according to Preston Castille, president and CEO at Helix Community Schools.
Castille said the kindergarten through fifth grade school on the south side of Opelousas off Interstate 49 had 800 applications for 600 seats in the school and as of the Tuesday St. Landry P…
