Kristin Bullard, standing at right, a Leonviille Elementary School teacher, at Tuesday’s St. Landry Parish School Board committee meeting.
An eighth-grade teacher pleaded for help at a St. Landry Parish School Board meeting and said teachers are leaving the profession, not due to pay, but because they are disrespected. Kristin Bullard, an English Language Arts teacher at Leonville Elementary, said, “I came here in October and I’ve begged and I’ve cried and I’ve pleaded with two other educators and we begged you for help. And some of …