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Ascension Parish voters will decide Saturday whether to renew an existing property tax to pay for $110 million in school renovations and expansions, including a new school building for Lake

Ascension school administrators had known for years that the rural locale, high poverty rate, the Mississippi River and other factors made it tough to recruit and retain certified teachers and

Combel is charged with simple battery and cruelty to a juvenile.

A substitute teacher in an Ascension Parish primary school slammed a 4-year-old student to the ground and will be barred from working on school campuses again after her arrest Thursday,

PRAIRIEVILLE - Deputies arrested a substitute teacher at Galvez Primary School for simple battery and cruelty to a juvenile after she allegedly used excessive force on a child. 

Ascension Parish public school leaders are mulling the first permanent, across-the-board pay increase for employees in several years after a salary survey found wages for teachers and several categories of

ASCENSION PARISH - A $15.08 million property tax renewal will likely appear on a special election ballot for Ascension Parish voters in April.

Three juveniles shattered windows and spray-painted graffiti on walls at the new Prairieville High School under construction, causing $50,000 in damage, the Ascension Parish Sheriffs Office said.

Ascension Public Schools Director of Business Services Kimneye Cox is retiring on Jan. 2 after a successful 22-year career.

When the new Prairieville High School opens next fall, it is projected to have the largest freshman class of any of Ascension Parishs five high schools, new enrollment estimates show.