School Board planning tax vote for raises, athletic facility improvements

Property taxes to pay for employee pay raises and athletic facility improvements were presented to the St. Landry Parish School Board’s Finance Committee on Monday. Three proposals were presented by Superintendent Patrick Jenkins. One is for a 9.9 mill tax to raise teacher pay by $3,000 and support workers by $2,000 a year. The tax is projected to raise about $6,557,551 annually....

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