St. Landry Parish School Board

The St. Landry Parish School voted Wednesday to keep Milton BBatiste III and Curt Green as their finalists for the superintendent job.
The Board also set up a time line for next steps in the selection process.
Through May 3 a community survey will be on the Board’s website.
A community forum is scheduled at 6 p.m. May 8 at the Delta Grand Theater in Opelousas. The forum is to be organized by the St. Landry Economic Development District.
A moderator for the forum will come from the University of Louisiana Lafayette, Joiner said
Joiner said he will request the forum be live-streamed.
On May 10, the Board scheduled final interviews and may select the superintendent.
The superintendent’s job opened when Patrick Jenkins announced in February he would not seek a contract renewal. The Board decided in March it would buy out Jenkins’ final 90 days and hire an interim superintendent.
The Board hired Dwanetta Scott as the interim superintendent at the April 26 Board meeting. Scott is the supervisor of child welfare and attendance. The interim can serve six months.
The superintendent’s position was advertised with a salary range of $130,000 to $160,000, but negotiable.
The five candidates were Batiste, Green, Paul Nelson, Michael Robinson Jr. and Shirley Thibodeaux.
On the first ballot with all five candidates, Baptiste received 13 votes, Nelson 6, Green, 4, and Thibodeaux, 3. Robinson did not receive any votes.
In the next vote, Green received 7 votes and Nelson got 6.