School Board: Hoodies banned, live-streaming meetings OK’d
Central MIddle School Leader In Me students, from left, Jayden Archangel and Zoey Fisher introduce themselves to the St. Landry Parish School Board at Thursday’s meeting. With them, from left are Principal Shelsy Williams and Early Childhood Education Director June Inhern. Each month Leader in Me students help with award presentations at the School Board meeting. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
The St. Landry Parish School Board voted to ban hoodies, approved live-streaming its meetings and began the search for a new superintendent at its meeting Thursday.
Dwanetta Scott. supervisor of Child Welfare and Attendance, explained the hoodie prohibition is a safety issue.
Wearing hoodies limits the ability to identify wearers and allows items to be hidden, she said.
Board member Robert G…
