Posted 4:41 PM 6/18/2013 by Tina Macias
The Lafayette Parish School Board meets tonight in its sixth budget meeting in three months. It will likely discuss teacher staffing during the meeting, board member Greg Awbrey says.
The budget process was halted for the third time earlier this month partially because some school board (More)...
Posted 3:18 PM 6/18/2013 by Erin Steuber
The Lafayette Parish School System could start the year out with a new discipline policy after discipline issues caused dozens of teachers to leave the profession last year.
The Consequences to Behavior Policy, as it's called, is just that, a guide that will make sure students know (More)...
Posted 6:41 PM 6/14/2013 by Tina Macias
The outcome of a discipline committee formed of educators, parents, students and the community will be introduced to the Lafayette Parish School Board on Wednesday. The proposed new discipline plan, deemed "Consequences of Behavior Policy," would simplify discipline policies for elementary (More)...
Posted 9:03 PM 6/12/2013 by Chris Welty
About two thousand teachers from across the state are at the Cajundome and Convention Center for the next two days.
The goal is to train and prepare for changes in curriculum and standardized testing next school year.
In 2010, Louisiana adopted what's called Common Core State (More)...