Staff Report
Ascension Parish Public Schools announced the school and district winners of its Support Personnel of the Year for 2020-21: Kim Harvey from Lakeside Primary is the Primary School Support Person of the Year, Marcus Jones from Dutchtown Middle is the Middle School Support Person of the Year, and Alison Clingfost from Dutchtown High is the High School Support Person of the Year.
All support personnel were selected by their respective school peers and were recognized at this week s Ascension Parish School Board Meeting. No matter where they are, our children deserve excellence at every touchpoint, and I am just so grateful to be a part of a group of people like this, Superintendent David Alexander said. You have all done such an amazing job in getting us all the way through this school year. It s just incredible. You, our support staff of the year, are models of teamwork and service. I know that every day you are learning new things and all of you are leaders.
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Baton Rouge-area residents awoke Monday to widespread road closures and power outages after freezing temperatures and precipitation blanketed the capital region in ice.
State and local officials announced the closure of roads and businesses and imposed curfews throughout the day, as meteorologists predict even colder overnight temperatures heading into Tuesday.
East Baton Rouge Parish officials shut down Interstate 110 and Central Thruway Sunday night as temperatures dropped.
State officials shut down Interstate 10 from the Interstate 12 split in Baton Rouge to Lafayette after reports of several crashes on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge, including a 14-car pile up overnight.
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) has deemed all state-maintained roads in East Baton Rouge unsafe because of icy conditions.
Staff Report
Ascension Public Schools announces the Teachers of the Year and Principals of the Year for 2020-21. These top educators were selected by their respective school peers. In the spring, all honorees will be recognized at an Ascension Parish School Board meeting, where the district will name a top teacher for primary, middle, and high school divisions. The district honorees will go on to compete for the state s 2022 Teacher and Principal of the Year section in the summer. Teacher of the Year is quite an honor, and all of these wonderful educators deserve this special recognition. These outstanding teachers represent the best of the best as Ascension s schools are filled with so many excellent educators, said Superintendent David Alexander. Teachers are truly among the heroes of our society! That is because the fruit of a teacher’s labor is the success of another individual in life; their work not only matters now, but it also matters for years to come. We just can’t