‘It’s what made us’: Paul Breaux has long been the center of Lafayette’s integration struggle
Paul Breaux educated generations of Black students. It was also the primary venue for Lafayette’s integration story.
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Lafayette Parish School System (LPSS)
Lafayette Parish schools improved 2.5 points from 2022, according to data released by the Louisiana Department of Education.
Source: The Advocate
No Lafayette school received a failing grade in 2022
Lafayette schools got improved marks on their 2022 report card. None of the district’s schools regressed by letter grade since 2019.
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Lafayette public schools pause campus voter drives
State law now requires public schools to offer voter registration on campus, but prohibits political groups. Lafayette school officials want the secretary of state to weigh in on who is, and who isn’t, partisan.
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3/22/22 Council Preview: $2 million for disputed Bayou Vermilion Flood Control; LCG eyes two more quick takes
Here is a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish councils. To see the full agendas, check out the links below.
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Council Preview: Food trucks rules, $2.4 million for the Heymann Center, consolidation committee extension
Here is a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish councils.
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Here are the 2021 ‘simulated’ scores for Lafayette schools
Lafayette Parish schools on the whole saw a 2.7 bump in their performance scores, with just under half of the district’s campuses showing improvement.
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12/1 Council Preview: Parish Council spends more ARPA money, library board appointment, flood control, LPSS transit agreement
Here’s a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish councils.
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Louisiana schools used federal coronavirus relief to buy up thousands of tablets for kids to use during the pandemic and beyond. Many school districts have more tablets than kids enrolled. Lafayette Parish, for instance, has 40,000 Chromebooks for its 31,000 students. Connectivity, however, remains a big problem. Not every family has home access to the internet. Mississippi used CARES Act allocation to address that problem directly and was pretty successful at it.
Lafayette’s first Black woman school board president reflects on faith and community
Descended from pioneers in education, Morrison credits her success to the community she saw her family nurture.
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December’s coronavirus stimulus included $1 billion for schools in Louisiana. Districts across the state are working the windfall into their plans, with most using the money to address learning loss. Lafayette Parish schools will use its $37 million allocation for ” academic recovery, student services and personal protective equipment,” according to The Advocate.
Say hello (again) to the Great Boudini, Lafayette
Acadiana’s French immersion students are about to make a new animated friend. But he’s an old pal for many of their parents.
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