School futures outlined at School Board retreat

St. Landry Parish School Superintendent Milton Batiste III, left, and School Board President Mary Ellen Donatto at Saturday’s Board retreat to discuss consolidation. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
St. Landry Parish School Superintendent Milton Batiste III, left, and School Board President Mary Ellen Donatto at Saturday’s Board retreat to discuss consolidation. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

A few St. Landry Parish public schools will close and some will be repurposed if recommendations made during a School Board retreat are implemented. While most schools will not be changed, the fate of a few remains up in the air. Mary Ellen Donatto, School Board president and president of the Board, recommended that Eunice Elementary be split into an alternative school and the vocational-trade sch…