St. Landry Parish LEAP scores improved in 2016 compared to scores in 2012, the Louisiana Department of Education reported.
In the spring 2016 test results, 30 percent of St. Landry Parish students taking the test scored at the mastery level or greater compared to 16 percent in 2016.
State Reps. Phillip DeVilier and Dustin Miller spoke at the St. Landry Parish School Board meeting. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
Three low-performing Opelousas schools will not get master teachers as recommended by the St. Landry Parish School Board’s Academic Committee.
The committee approved hiring master teachers for South Street Elementary, Opelousas Junior High School and Washington Elementary School.
Sue Brignac, chairwoman of Vision St. Landry, speaks at the St. Landry Parish School Board meeting in Opelousas Thursday. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
If the crowd of people at Thursday’s St. Landry Parish School Board meeting expected to see action on hiring a new superintendent, they will have another chance at 5 p.m. Tuesday.
That’s when the board scheduled a special meeting to discuss the details about the hiring process.
Albert Hayes Jr., left, a Eunice St. Landry Parish School Board member, talks about placing the procedures for a hiring a new superintendent on Thursday’s board meeting agenda. At right is Kyle Boss, a Sunset area board member, who opposed Hayes’ proposal. The move by Hayes passed. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
St. Landy Parish Superintendent Edward Brown’s contract ends Dec. 31, but the School Board isn’t assuring he will stay on the job.
In a 6-5 vote Thursday, the School Board voted against assuring Brown remains on the job until his contract ends.
Mary Ellen Donatto, a Eunice member of the St. Landry Parish School Board, presides over a Building, Lands and Sites Committee meeting in Opelousas on Monday. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
Three energy-saving proposals, which have come up before St. Landry Parish School Board members for several months, will once again land in front of them without a recommendation.
