The Louisiana Department of Education has released its list of 2022 Teacher and Principal of the Year Finalists, which includes Kevin Dugas who serves as the principal of St. Martinville Senior High School.
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ST. MARTINVILLE - On Friday morning, two schools in St. Martinville were temporarily placed on lockdown following reports of shots fired in the area.
A representative with the St. Martin Parish School Board confirmed that St. Martinville Primary and St. Martinville Senior High, Main Street campuses that are adjacent to each other, were on lockdown early Friday morning after gunshots were heard in a nearby wooded area.
But officials say the gunshots were likely a result of someone hunting in the woods.
As of 8:45 a.m., the lockdown was lifted and school officials say it was only a precautionary measure.
By Sarah Tate
May 7, 2021
Two schools in Louisiana were placed on a temporary lockdown Friday morning (May 7) following reports of shots being fired in the area,
KATC reports. The scary situation turned out to be inadvertently caused by nearby squirrel hunters.
St. Martinville Primary and St. Martinville Senior High were locked down Friday as a precautionary measure after shots were heard near the Main Street schools, Superintendent
Allen Blanchard confirmed. An investigation by the St. Martinville Police Department determined that the shots were fired by squirrel hunters in a nearby wooded area. Around 8:45 a.m., the lockdown was lifted and law enforcement gave the all clear, Blanchard said.