Laurie Doucet is named St. Edmund High principal

Laurie Doucet was introduced Thursday morning as St. Edmund High’s next principal by Monsignor J. Robert Romero during a school assembly.
Doucet will officially take her post as principal July 1.
Doucet succeeds Sister Joel Miller as principal.
Miller announced in February she plans a sabbatical leave.
A search committee of seven people, appointed by Romero, pastor of St. Anthony Church and St. Edmund Catholic School, was formed to recruit a new principal.
Doucet is thrilled about her leadership at St. Edmund High, and said, “I am happy to have been chosen as principal for St. Edmund High Shcool and will endeavor to work to the best of my ability for teachers, students and parents of the St. Ed High community.
“My goal is to provide a leadership style that is consistent and constant that will enhance teacher effectiveness and student achievement.
“Change is inevitable. But, I assure you, I will never ask you to do something I won’t do with you.”
Doucet completed 33 years in public education system.
She is from Iota and married for the 36 years to Jimmy Doucet and is the mother of three sons. She is the grandmother of three grandsons and one granddaughter.
Doucet worked 19 years as a teacher, seven of those in Louisiana and 12 in Texas.
She taught third grade- self contained, fifth-and-sixth-grades math, science and ELA (English, Languages, Arts); seventh-and eighth-grades math, science and ELA; ninth-and tenth-grade physical science and biology; and inclusion classroom for 14 of the 19 years.
Doucet served four years as assistant principal, three of those at Church Point Elementary and one year in Calcasieu parish.
Doucet served one year as a national consultant for Phocused on Learning. She worked in Wyoming, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Texas, Louisiana, Ohio, California and New York at elementary, middle and high schools.
Doucet served nine years as a teacher trainer for the Louisiana Department of Education.
Doucet has coached basketball, volleyball, softball, soccer and track.
Doucet’s degrees include elementary education, special education, secondary science and English, a masters in curriculum and instruction, reading specialization, and 30+ in administration and supervision.
Monsignor Romero says, "While she officially begins on July 1, she will be in and out of school observing and learning the campus, teachers and students. I take this occasion to thank the Search Committee for their good work in interviewing candidates and evaluating the best candidate for St. Edmund's principal.
"The Search Committee, St. Edmund Advisory Council and I invite the St. Edmund School family to join us in welcoming Laurie Doucet."