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Lost in the tumult are students who fall short of clearing the final hurdle to graduation – the Louisiana Educational Assessment Program (LEAP) test.
The Louisiana Legislature easily gave final passage to a slew of bills with harsher consequences for criminals, sending them to Republican Gov. Jeff Landry’s desk for his signature.
Lafayette activists with Village 337, New Iberia Push, VOTE and NAACP gathered for March on Louisiana in protest of the newly proposed crime bills
Kitchens at 16 Lafayette Parish schools that are not air-conditioned could see that changed by next semester, after the Lafayette Parish School Board awarded contracts for the projects Wednesday. With a slight majority vote, the board approved assigning contracts for mechanical engineering services to two companies ADG Engineering and M&E Consulting, with the schools split between two phases. ADG will work on Phase 1, which includes Acadiana High, Carencro Middle, Ovey Comeaux High, Katherine Drexel Elementary, J.W. Faulk Elementary, Myrtle Place Elementary and Woodvale Elementary. M&E wi...