School Board to decide on $2.5M savings plan

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Milton Batiste III presents a cost-savings plan at St. Landry Parish School Board retreat on Saturday in Opelousas. The School Board is to meet at 5 p.m. Thursday to vote on the plan. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
Milton Batiste III presents a cost-savings plan at St. Landry Parish School Board retreat on Saturday in Opelousas. The School Board is to meet at 5 p.m. Thursday to vote on the plan. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

A $2.5 million savings plan is the sole item on a special meeting of the St. Landry Parish School Board at 5 p.m. Thursday. The meeting follows a School Board retreat on Saturday in Opelousas where Superintendent Milton Batiste III unveiled the plan. Batiste has told the Board State Superintendent Cade Brumley is expecting the school district to bring its costs down and student academic scores up …