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Even before officially finishing high school, six students from Acadia Parish had completed two years of college and earned associate degrees.
These graduating seniors received their diplomas from Louisiana State University Eunice on May 14, weeks before their high school commencement ceremonies later this week.
They did this through the LSUE Academy, an early college dual enrollment program at the community college in 2017. Like other districts, the Acadia Parish School Board partners with the academy to offer classes and the college experience to high school students who qualify. The LSUE Academy allows our students to get a feel for the college experience right here in their own backyard, Superintendent Scott Richard said.
Former students recall integration of Acadiana schools
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LEIGH GUIDRY, Lafayette Daily Advertiser
May 14, 2021
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1of11Albert Al Hayes Jr., right, a member of the St. Landry Parish School Board, speaks with Ken Richard outside a coffee shop in Eunice, La., Monday, May 3, 2021. As a 1969 graduate of Charles Drew High School, he was in the last graduating class of the all-Black high school before schools in the area were integrated. (Scott Clause/The Daily Advertiser via AP)SCOTT CLAUSE/APShow MoreShow Less
2of11Antoinette Pete and Jimmy Meche look at Crowley High School yearbooks from the early 1970s at the Acadia Parish Public Library Monday, April 26, 2021 in Crowley, La. Pete was a ninth-grader and Meche her assistant principal when the school was integrated in 1971. (Scott Clause/The Daily Advertiser via AP)SCOTT CLAUSE/APShow MoreShow Less
‘Don’t hate; just keep your head held high’
Antoinette Chaffers’ Pete, 65, grew up in west Crowley and attended a small, all-Black Catholic school connected to her church and run by the Sisters of the Holy Ghost from San Antonio. St. Theresa Catholic Church still stands on West Third Street, but the school has long been shuttered and the sisters returned to Texas.
The youngest of eight, Pete jokes that the sisters gave her mother, a devout Catholic, a discount on tuition at the school that went up to eighth grade. Her siblings continued into Ross High School, the school afforded to Black students in Crowley during segregation.
Police respond to multiple terrorizing threats at Rayne schools
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and last updated 2021-04-20 19:37:20-04
Rayne Police Department has responded to multiple terrorizing incidents at local schools in the last week.
On Monday, April 12, 2021, Armstrong Middle School received multiple emails threatening a bombing and mass shooting event. An investigation identified a 14-year-old girl Armstrong student as the sender of the emails. The student was charged with five counts of terrorizing, according to police.
On Tuesday, April 20, 2021, at 10:55 AM, Rayne High School received a bomb threat by telephone. The school was cleared of students. The campus was searched using multiple dogs trained to find explosive devices. No devices were found and the school was released back to staff at 1:30 PM. This matter is under investigation and an arrest is probable.