Targeting truancy

By Harlan Kirgan on Friday, September 1, 2023
Parish president offers investigators to fight truancy
  • St. Landry Parish President Jessie Bellard, left, is offering two parish investigators to help the St. Landry Parish School District address truancy issues. Bellard is shown with Dwanetta Scott, supervisor of Child Welfare and Attendance, a School Board committee meeting on Tuesday. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
    St. Landry Parish President Jessie Bellard, left, is offering two parish investigators to help the St. Landry Parish School District address truancy issues. Bellard is shown with Dwanetta Scott, supervisor of Child Welfare and Attendance, a School Board committee meeting on Tuesday. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
    Truancy rates in Louisiana and even Eunice are surprising high. At Eunice High the truancy rate in the 2022-2023 school year was 73.31%, according to the Louisiana Department of Education. There were 489 truancy cases at Eunice High last school year. And, Eunice High School is rated as “A” school in the state’s accountability scoring. St. Landry Parish President Jessie Bellard made a...

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