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5/13/2013

LPSB Facing Cuts to Fill Budget Shortfalls

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Posted 6:58 PM 5/13/2013 by Chris Welty

The Lafayette Parish School System is trying to dig itself out of the hole.

The district is facing a 12-million dollar shortfall from its 400-million dollar budget. Federal and state funding plus fewer grants are causing the deficit. Also, the school system is paying more for retirement (More)...

5/10/2013

Comeaux High students compete in international science fair

Posted 10:52 AM 5/10/2013 by MELISSA CANONE

Four students from Comeaux High leave this weekend to compete in the international science fair. Students from all over the world will showcase their projects in Phoenix, AZ.

The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF), the world's largest international pre-college (More)...

5/9/2013

Grant Competition for Louisiana Educators

Posted 11:22 AM 5/9/2013 by MELISSA CANONE (PHOTO COURTESY: MGN ONLINE)

Capital One Bank today announced the 2013 Creative Curriculum Challenge, a statewide grant competition created to encourage and support the teaching of financial literacy in Louisiana public schools serving students in grades 2-12. The goal of the Creative Curriculum Challenge is to (More)...

5/8/2013

Delgado, Nunez community colleges to lay off staff

Posted 4:44 PM 5/8/2013 by AP(PHOTO COURTESY: MGN ONLINE)

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Delgado Community College in New Orleans plans to lay off more than a hundred employees, including dozens of faculty members, while Nunez Community College in Chalmette also is letting go staff. Both moves were approved Wednesday by the schools' governing board (More)...

SLCC offering career pathway camps this summer

5/7/2013

Teacher Exodus Part 3: Solutions

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Posted 3:11 PM 5/8/2013 by Erin Steuber

New teachers in classrooms across Acadiana...that's how the school year is going to start, after hundreds of experienced educators have called it quits. From administrators to teachers, there are more than 200 job openings in schools across Acadiana, but that number is expected to rise. And with (More)...

LEF Awards 30 Grants to LPSS Schools

Years Later: PreK Benefits Continue Into Third and Fourth Grades

Tools for Schools help Northside High

LA Supreme Court: voucher funding unconstitutional

5/6/2013

Teacher Exodus Part 2: What Discipline Issues Are Lafayette Parish Facing?

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Posted 10:58 PM 5/7/2013 by Erin Steuber

Teachers are leaving the classroom in record numbers. Some cite changes at the state level, from the retirement system to teacher evaluations. But another key factor is discipline, or lack of, in the classroom. The parent of a Paul Breaux Middle School student wrote to us saying, almost every day (More)...