The St. Landry Parish School Board began reviewing its 2023-24 budget at a Committee of the Whole meeting on Wednesday in Opelousas. From left, are Milton Batiste III, superintendent, Mary Ellen Donatto, Board vice president, and Shaun Grantham, finance director. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
St. Landry Parish School Board members received their first public review of the 2023-2024 operating budget at a Committee of the Whole meeting on Wednesday in Opelousas.
Shaun Grantham, finance director, said the budget is balanced, but is based on best estimates.
In the past the Board often was presented a deficit budget that eventually turned into a balanced or surplus budget at the end of t…
