St. Landry Parish School Board

School Board panel talks racial disparity in scores

Sometimes St. Landry Parish School Board members sound like friends sitting a table around discussing education. That was the case at a meeting Wednesday of the Board’s Executive Committee.

School panel reverses course for Head Start pay raise

St. Landry Parish Head Start employees will receive a 2.6 percent cost of living increase instead of a $700 lump sum payment. The 2.6 percent increase was approved by the School Board’s Finance Committee on Wednesday.

Fire-damaged building at Eunice Elementary on target for opening next school year

The fire-damaged building at Eunice Elementary is on target to reopen next school year, Claudia Blanchard, school system director of operations said. Blanchard updated Board members at a meeting Wednesday of the Buildings, Lands and Sites Committee.

School discipline discussed

St. Landry Parish School Board members focused on discipline in schools and on buses at a meeting in Opelousas on Monday. On the heels of that discussion by the Board’s Executive Committee session, Maj. Eddie Thibodeaux, spokesman for St.

Superintendent dismissed at Parish Council meeting

The St. Landry Parish Council dismissed hearing from school Superintendent Patrick Jenkins at a meeting on Wednesday. The meeting was called to discuss parish government’s budget, but Jenkins was added to the agenda to talk about the lease of a parish-owned Head Start site.

School Board honors East Elementary

East Elementary was honored for being the state’s highest ranking Top Growth school during the St. Landry Parish School Board meeting Thursday. Angela Cassimere, director of Curriculum, Instruction, & Assessment, said, “In St.

St. Landry Parish celebrates school year’s beginning

Nearly 2,000 St. Landry Parish public school employees met Tuesday for the district’s second annual Convocation to celebrate the beginning of the school year. About 14,000 students are to report for classes today in the school district.

St. Landry Parish School Board to operate Head Start in parish

The Head Start center in Eunice is located next to the Southeast Community Center. The St. Landry Parish School Board is to become the governing authority over Head Start on Sept. 1. (Photos by Harlan Kirgan) St. Landry Parish School Board to operate Head Start in parish The St.

School Board divided on repair

If a tax proposition had passed in March, Port Barre High School was destined to get a new building. But the tax failed and the St. Landry Parish School Board has about $3 million left from a $10 million bond issue generated by existing revenue, which makes every thousand dollars count dearly.

St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office arrests

The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. May 22 Matthew Richard Stewart, 38, 4700 block of Highway 121, Boyce. Possession of schedule II drugs; possession of drug paraphernalia. Arrested by St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office.