From left, St. Landry Parish School Superintendent Milton Batiste III and School Board President Mary Ellen Donatto discussed budget issues at Thursday’s School Board meeting. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
The St. Landry Parish School Board’s finance director said the school district faces a $5.2 million deficit in its 20-24-2025 budget.
Finance director Shaun Grantham prefaced a nearly four-hour meeting Thursday with an observation the Board members were going to have a difficult and uncomfortable conversation.
“The budget is not balanced,” she said of the budget for the July 2024 to June 30, 2…
