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Vermilion Parish Superintendent Tommy Byler proposed a plan that would combine two Abbeville elementary schools. He has decided to put this project on pause until he conducts further research.
The rich history of this high school dates back more than fifty years during a time when separate but equal was being challenged. The space is now being transformed into a community center.
Three adults and one juvenile have been arrested in connection to a Saturday shooting incident at the Live Oak Manor Apartment Complex in Abbeville.
Only 21% of Louisiana eighth-graders scored Mastery or above, the standard set to mark readiness for the next grade level, on the 2021 LEAP test.
Council discusses plans for Herod Project and last updated 2021-02-03 00:01:39-05 Plans are moving forward in Vermilion Parish to demolish the old Herod High School to make way for a new community center. The Rev. Walter August, Jr., who bought the school, shared his plans for the property at an Abbeville City Council meeting Tuesday night. He told the Meridonal that he plans to tear down the old facility and build a 50,000-square-foot educational and cultural center. August says the project will help the community for generations to come. "The community really needed an uplifting spirit ...