Vernon Parish School Board met at 10:00 this morning. Doug Brandon, Jackie Self, David Detz, Shad Stewart and Lisa Thompson were absent.
The Board voted to receive bids for copier paper, they received 8 bids. 1 declined, high bid was $2577/case, low bid was $2310/case. The board voted to accept the low bid.
The Board voted to advertise for janitorial & cafeteria supplies and for bread/milk/juice.
The Board recognized the LSPA Art Students and District Winners:
Brystol Mitchum from Hornbeck Elementary,
Bhavi Patel from Leesville Junior High, and
Shelby Green from Pickering High School.
Counselors of the year were also recognized:
Jennifer Carroll from Anacoco Elementary,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services approves $2.8 million grant for VPSB The Vernon Parish School Board received a $2.8 million dollar federal grant. (Source: KALB) By Davon Cole | March 10, 2021 at 2:24 PM CST - Updated March 10 at 2:24 PM
VERNON, La. (KPLC) - United States Representative Mike Johnson announced a $2.8 million federal grant to the Vernon Parish School Board to support child care and school readiness for low-income children.
“This is a welcome investment for our children in Vernon Parish. Our children represent our future, and this grant will help ensure our low-income children under the age of 5 will enter kindergarten more ready to succeed and grow.”
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Vernon Parish Preschool Programs coordinated enrollment held at 3 central locations
Vernon Parish School Board
Coordinated Enrollment for Vernon Parish Preschool Programs (Head Start and LA4) for the 2021-22 school year will be held at 3 central locations this year.
Applications can be completed online through the Vernon Parish School Board website at www.vpsb.us
Please note the following registration dates: March 2nd at North Polk Elementary School for preschool students who will attend North Polk Elementary, March 9th at Pickering Elementary School for preschool students who will attend Pickering, Evans, Pitkin, Rosepine schools, and March 11th at East Leesville Elementary for students who will attend East Leesville, Anacoco, Hornbeck and Hicks schools. We encourage all families with age 3 and 4 year old children who are interested in preschool to attend.
The Vernon Parish School Board met at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, February 4, 2021.
The Board recognized Samantha Westerfield from Parkway Elementary as the VP Elementary Teacher of the Year; Donna Adams from Leesville Junior High as the Middle School Teacher of the Year, and Summer Peters from Leesville High School as High school teacher of the year.
Mr. Curtis Clay added two Head Start policies to the agenda for Tuesday s meeting.
Mr. Tim Woods addressed the status of the DCIP Grant â this grant is for schools that are at least 20% enrolled by military families that are in the military communities but are not on the military installation. Schools covered by this grant are Leesville Junior High and High School and Pickering Elementary, Junior High and High School. The District is waiting to hear from the OEA for the go ahead to begin the addition of building to the school properties. Architects have been hired and meetings with the individual schools regarding the inside structure