St. Landry Parish School Board members will have a chance to resolve a disagreement about how much of a Christmas bonus to give to school employees.
Two tax propositions — one for 11.4 mills and the other for 12.4 mills — were passed out of committee and now are headed to the Nov. 2 St. Landry School Board meeting.
Six of the 64 high school students enrolled in the LSUE Academy were introduced at the St. Landry Parish School Board meeting Thursday.
The St. Landry Economic Development Board voted to share in the cost of a strategic plan for the St. Landry Parish School Board.
Six students from Texas have been enrolled in St. Landry Parish public schools since Tropical Storm Harvey flooded southeast Texas, Superintendent Patrick Jenkins said.
St. Landry Parish public school enrollment is projected to decrease by 901 students from the 2016 count.
A 10-year projection is that the number of students will drop from 2013’s 14,808 to 12,959 in 2023.
The Lafayette Diocese and St. Edmund administrators said they are investigating a reported case of a hazing involving cheerleaders at St. Edmund High School wearing “blackface.”
St. Landry Parish students fell behind the state LEAP results for scoring at the Basic and above level, according to results reported at the School Board’s Academic Committee meeting.
School bus schedules will remain unchanged as the Aug. 9 first day of school nears, but St. Landry Parish School Board members decided to review school bus driver route selection.