School Board settles on 4 new K-4 schools in tax proposal

By Harlan Kirgan on Friday, February 4, 2022
Board votes 8-4 on tax proposal
John McLemore, center, was honored on his retirement from Eunice High School and 33 years of service at Thursday’s St. Landry Parish School Board meeting in Opelousas. From left, are Superintendent Patrick Jenkins, McLemore, and Eunice High Principal Mitch Fontenot. (Photos by Harlan Kirgan)
John McLemore, center, was honored on his retirement from Eunice High School and 33 years of service at Thursday’s St. Landry Parish School Board meeting in Opelousas. From left, are Superintendent Patrick Jenkins, McLemore, and Eunice High Principal Mitch Fontenot. (Photos by Harlan Kirgan)

The St. Landry Parish School Board in an 8-4 voted for a school plan that will build four kindergarten to fourth grade schools if a tax proposal passes on March 26. The sticking point to a unanimous consent was on whether to build two K-4 schools in the Beau Chene High School zone. The $150 million building plan now goes to voters with one K-4 school proposed in the Eunice, Lawtell, Opelousas Beau…