and last updated 2021-07-16 07:24:04-04
After Lafayette Parish School System (LPSS) announced that they would be providing free meals for all students in the Parish for the new school year, KATC reached out to local school systems to find out if they would be doing the same.
Here are the responses received so far:
Acadia Parish
Acadia has been a district-wide free lunch system and will continue as a district-wide free lunch school system for the 2021/2022 school year.
Calcasieu Parish
The Calcasieu Parish School Board (CPSB) announced that all students will be eligible to eat breakfast and lunch at school next year free of charge. This development comes after the United States Department of Agriculture deemed all CPSB schools qualified for the Community Eligibility Provision due to the recent events faced by our community.
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BASILE Decades ago, the people of Basile passed a tax to fund improvements at its schools, and the money has been used in different ways over the years, from constructing a new high school in the 80s to providing 45 Promethean Titanium ActivPanels for the city s two schools this spring.
Installation of the panels, which operate like giant tablets, took place in January, and teachers at Basile High and W.W. Stewart Elementary have seen a noticeable difference over their smartboard predecessors that had become outdated. It made a difference right away, said Krystle Smith, who teaches seventh-grade math at Basile High. It s the easiest piece of technology I ve ever known.
Evangeline Parish schools closed on Thursday
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and last updated 2021-02-17 14:34:14-05
Due to the situation caused by the winter weather this week, all public schools & district offices in Evangeline Parish School District will be closed tomorrow (2-18-2021).
A decision about Friday will be announced tomorrow afternoon after conditions are reassessed. Students are asked to complete their virtual learning assignments that were issued last week, officials say.
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Evangeline Parish public schools closed on Friday
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and last updated 2021-02-18 15:12:11-05
Evangeline Parish public schools will remain closed on Friday.
Superintendent Darwan Lazard says that due the impact of the recent winter storm, all schools and offices in the Evangeline Parish School District will be closed.
Lazard says the schools and offices are expected to reopen Monday, February 22, 2021.
Students are expected to complete virtual lessons.
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