St. Landry Parish School Board

School Board gets some good fiscal news

The St. Landry Parish School Board is expected to end its 2019-2020 fiscal year in the black. Tressa Miller, finance director, in a report to the Board’s Finance Committee on July 27, said the monthly general fund report shows a $369,000 loss, for the year. But that’s not the real bottom line.

St. Landry may reboot on virtual start (school plan pdf)

The St. Landry Parish School Board may do a reboot on its plan to start school on Aug. 20 and do so virtually. At least that seemed to be direction the Board was being steered by public comments and doubts among its members during more than six hours of meeting Tuesday.

School reopening plan on the horizon

The St. Landry Parish school system’s plan for reopening its schools is expected to be released soon. The overview of the program may have been released Friday, but is expected to be on the Board’s website at slpsb.org. Albert Hayes Jr.

What will school look like this fall?

St. Landry Parish public school leaders say their planning for the next school year may be a mix of virtual learning and traditional classes.

St. Landry Parish School System sets June graduation ceremony dates

The St. Landry Parish School System announced Tuesday that it has rescheduled high school graduations ceremonies to take place June 19 and 20. “These dates are subject to change due to social distancing guidelines and the governor’s orders.

Schools to remain closed

Schools will remain closed for the rest of the academic year to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Gov. John Bel Edwards said on Monday. Edwards ordered schools closed on March 16. St.

St. Landry Parish School Board meets via video conference

The St. Landry Parish School Board met Thursday for the first time for a pair of official meetings via video conference. The Board held a committee meeting of the whole for two hours followed by an hour-long regular meeting.

Board puts brakes on school superintendent contract talks

The brakes were slammed on the negotiations on St. Landry Parish School Superintendent Patrick Jenkins’ contract. The School Board’s Executive Committee voted that Jenkins would get an informal evaluation in March and a decision on whether to begin talks may be made in April.

Eunice principals among 5 honored

Two Eunice principals, Mitch Fontenot and Dwanetta Scott, were among St. Landry Parish principals honored at the parish School Board meeting Thursday. Fontenot was honored as High School Principal of the Year and Scott was recognized as Middle School Principal of the Year.

School prep

The opening day for St. Landry Parish public schools is Aug. 8 and it was easy to find custodians at work preparing for that day. At Eunice Junior High School Tyrie Pickney, was pressure-washing the sidewalk at the school near the gymnasium on Tuesday afternoon.