Education
5/3/2013
Voters to Decide on Property Tax to Support Basile High
Posted 7:03 PM 5/3/2013 by Chris Welty
In Acadia and Evangeline Parishes, voters will decide whether to renew a 10-year property tax to fund the Basile High School Athletic Department.
The tax generates roughly 74-thousand dollars for the school. The property tax, enacted nearly thirty years ago, has been renewed three times. (More)...
UPDATE: All clear given at L.J. Alleman Middle School after bomb scare
5/2/2013
Police Looking for Clues into Pressure Cooker Bomb Threat
Posted 6:02 PM 5/2/2013 by Chris Welty
The search is on for whoever threatened to blow up Broussard Middle School using a pressure cooker bomb.
The campus is on South Morgan Street off the Amabassador Caffery Extension. Around 9:30 Thursday morning, Broussard Police evacuated students to a nearby church.
After a two hour (More)...
UL offers several options for summer study
Paul Breaux Middle School Mourning Loss of Fellow Student
Annual Jr. Beta State Conference
5/1/2013
LPSS budget cuts could reach classrooms
Posted 9:51 PM 5/1/2013 by Tina Macias
The Lafayette Parish School System might have to implement larger class sizes, increase walks to bus stops or postpone the turnaround plan next school year to cover its multi-million dollar shortfall.
Those are just some of the proposals that will be considered to cover a $10 million to (More)...
Computer glitches derail school tests in 3 states
Jindal-backed voucher program grows by 3,000
4/30/2013
State Debating Higher Education Tuition Hikes
Posted 6:55 PM 4/30/2013 by Chris Welty
Depending what happens in the legislature, tuition could rise for thousands of students at universities across the state.
Tuesday, the House Education Committee held a hearing on a proposed bill which would allow universities to raise tuition without legislative approval.
"We're (More)...
Bill would allow colleges to set their own tuition
Internship Application Open to Junior-level West End Students
4/29/2013
Louisiana A+ Schools Announced
Posted 4:22 PM 4/29/2013 by MELISSA CANONE (PHOTO COURTESY: MGN ONLINE)
The George Rodrigue Foundation of the Arts (GRFA) is proud to announce the first seven schools accepted into the Louisiana A+ (LAA+) Schools network for the 2013/2014 school year. Listed below, these seven schools were recognized during Lt. Governor Dardenne's Culture Awards in Baton Rouge on (More)...
Central superintendent presents plans for campus
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