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EACH ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL IN LAFAYETTE HAS PLANNED MEETINGS TO EXPLAIN THE RESULTS OF THE PARCC TESTS THAT STUDENTS TOOK, AND THAT ARE EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED BY THE STATE NEXT WEEK. GREEN T. LINDON ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL KAYE VICTORIAN TELLS THE ADVOCATE THAT THE SCORE RESULTS ARE PRESENTED DIFFERENTLY THAT THE LEAP AND ILEAP EXAMS, AND THE PRINCIPALS OF EACH SCHOOL WILL HELP PARENTS BETTER UNDERSTAND THEM. THE NEW TESTS, WHICH ARE ALIGNED WITH COMMON CORE, ARE MORE RIGOROUS WITH HIGHER EXPECTATIONS FOR THE STUDENTS. VICTORIAN SAYS SHE WANTS THE PARENTS SHE MEETS WITH TO KNOW THAT THERE’S A NETWORK OF SUPPORT TO HELP THEIR CHILDREN SUCCEED.
CONSTRUCTION OF SASOL’S 8-POINT-1 BILLION DOLLAR ETHANE CRACKER COMPLEX IN WESTLAKE IS ON SCHEDULE. PUBLIC AFFAIRS MANAGER MIKE HAYES SAYS PHASE ONE OF THE PROJECT, WHICH IS THE PREPARATION OF THE SITE, IS WINDING DOWN AND THEY WILL SOON TRANSITION TO ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE FACILITY. HE SAYS RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT LESS DUMP TRUCK TRAFFIC, AS A RESULT. THE ETHANE CRACKER PORTION OF THE FACILITY IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY DECEMBER OF 2017.
A PROPOSED FRENCH IMMERSION CENTER IN ARNAUDVILLE IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO REALITY WITH THE COMPLETION OF A BUSINESS PLAN DEVELOPED BY TWO CONSULTANTS OUT OF NEW ORLEANS. ST. LANDRY PARISH PRESIDENT BILL FONTENOT TELLS THE DAILY ADVERTISER THAT THE BUSINESS PLAN INDICATED THE FRENCH IMMERSION CENTER IS DEFINITELY WANTED BY RESIDENTS IN THE AREA AND IT WOULD BE A GOOD INVESTMENT. THE PROPOSED CENTER WOULD TAKE OVER THE OLD ST. LUKE’S HOSPITAL BUILDING. FONTENOT SAYS THE BUILDING IS IN GOOD CONDITION, SO IT WOULD NOT COST A LOT TO REMODEL IT.
The Democratic third-place finisher in the Louisiana attorney general’s race has given her support to Republican candidate Jeff Landry in the runoff. Geri Broussard Baloney announced her endorsement Monday, saying she’s backing Landry over Republican incumbent Buddy Caldwell in the Nov. 21 election. Baloney had been endorsed by the state Democratic Party but spent little money to compete with Landry and Caldwell in the October primary. Baloney said Landry would transform the way the department does business and would work to improve the state’s criminal justice system.
A LAFAYETTE MAN WAS KILLED SUNDAY NIGHT AFTER HE FELL OFF HIS BICYCLE INTO THE PATH OF A CAR. JULIE DARCE REPORTS.
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FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR THE BUNDICK LAKE AREA SOUTHEAST OF DERIDDER, BUT WATERS ARE RECEDING. THE LAKE WAS TWO FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES DOESN’T EXPECT THE LAKE TO DRAW DOWN BELOW FLOOD STAGE UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING. MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND.
STATE POLICE HAVE RELEASED THE IDENTITY OF THE DRIVER OF A CAR KILLED IN A TWO VEHICLE CRASH AT MILE MARKER 85 OF INTERSTATE TEN IN ACADIA PARISH. SHE IS 21-YEAR-OLD BRITNEY WALDREP OF CARENCRO. SHE CLIPPED THE FRONT OF ANOTHER VEHICLE WHILE CHANGING LANES, CAUSING BOTH CARS TO GO OFF THE ROAD. WALDREP’S CAR OVERTURNED AND SHE WASN’T WEARING A SEATBELT, ACCORDING TO MASTER TROOPER BROOKS DAVID.
Lafayette Regional Airport commissioners have named a five-person committee to review architectural and engineering firms wanting to provide services to the airport, including designing and building the airport’s proposed $90 million passenger terminal. The Advocate reports two members of the committee are on the board of commissioners: Paul Segura and Paul Guilbeau Sr. Also appointed were airport Director Steven Picou, airfield manager Anthony Hebert and private-sector engineer Kam Movassaghi. The Airport Commission said in a release Monday that the board soon will make available requests for qualifications to architectural and engineering firms interested in working for the airport and, in particular, working on the proposed passenger terminal.
