School Board deliberates over deficit, pay raise

The St. Landry Parish School Board deliberated over a proposed $1 million budget deficit and a $500 pay raise for teachers at the second of three meetings on its 2022-2023 budget. Superintendent Patrick Jenkins said, “Yes, we can submit a budget to you that would be a break even budget.” As it turned out a break even budget would be simple to arrive at even with the pay raise, which also i...

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