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Most Louisiana school districts are parish school districts while some are city school districts. The U.S. Census Bureau counts both types as independent governments. Special School District 1, which has gifted education facilities, is directly under the authority of the state government, not counted by the Census Bureau as its own government.
Lafayette Parish School System (LPSS) added a "School of Choice" [9] called the Early College Academy [10] in 2008, which gives high school students (grades 9–12) a chance to graduate with a high school diploma as well as a two-year associate degree in the field of their choice. Students take all courses on the campus of South Louisiana ...
On May 4, 1878, the Board of Public School Directors of St. Landry Parish published the duties regulating the Parish Superintendent of Education, "an office lately instituted by our Parish Board." The position of Superintendent of Schools for St. Landry Parish was created in 1878. [6]
H. Garland Dupré, state representative and U.S. representative for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district in New Orleans, was born in Opelousas in 1873. Jacques Dupré , 8th Governor of Louisiana ; fought in Battle of New Orleans, and served as a state politician from 1816 to 1848.
Audubon Charter School (Gentilly, Uptown) Benjamin Franklin Elementary Mathematics & Science School; Benjamin Franklin High School; Bricolage Academy; Dr. Martin Luther King Charter School for Science Tech; Edward Hynes Charter School; Einstein Charter Schools (Charter Middle, Sarah T. Reed, Sherwood Forest, Village de L'Est) Elan Academy ...
School Name Location Nickname Colors Airline High School: Bossier City, Louisiana: Vikings Benton High School: Benton, Louisiana: Tigers Byrd High School
In 1914, a new brick school building, now called Opelousas High School, was constructed on South Street and opened to students for the 1914-1915 school year. By 1952, a second new school building for Opelousas High was built on Market Street and, in 1964, the present-day building was constructed off of Judson Walsh Drive to accommodate the city ...
In 1807, renamed Natchitoches Parish. Opelousas County – Parish of St. Landry. In 1807, renamed St. Landry Parish. Orleans County – All territory on both sides of the "Mississippi from the Balize to the beginning of the parishes of St. Bernard and St. Louis." In 1807, divided into Orleans, St. Bernard, and Plaquemines parishes.