11-7-19
A NEW IBERIA MAN WAS ARRESTED TUESDAY FOR THE SHOOTING OF A TEENAGER IN AUGUST. 24-YEAR-OLD ANTHONY MICHAEL GARY WAS APPREHENDED BY THE U-S MARSHAL’S VIOLENT OFFENDER TASK FORCE WITH THE HELP OF THE LAFAYETTE CITY MARSHAL’S OFFICE. HE IS BELIEVED TO BE THE PERSON WHO SHOT A 17-YEAR-OLD BOY MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE PARKING LOT OF SHOPPER’S VALUE ON MOSS STREET IN LAFAYETTE. THE BOY SURVIVED. GARY FACES CHARGES OF ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND POSSESSION WITH THE ATTEMPT TO DISTRIBUTE SCHEDULE ONE NARCOTICS.
ONE PERSON IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER BEING SHOT LAST NIGHT. MEGAN KELLY REPORTS.
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A STUDENT AT WASHINGTON MARION HIGH SCHOOL IN LAKE CHARLES WAS ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY HAVING A GUN WITH ONE LIVE ROUND IN HIS BACKPACK. A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER WAS NOTIFIED BY ANOTHER STUDENT ABOUT THE STUDENT WITH THE WEAPON IN HIS BACKPACK AND DETECTIVES WITH THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE WERE NOTIFIED. THE 16-YEAR-OLD WHO HAD THE GUN WILL BE CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF A WEAPON IN A FIREARM FREE ZONE. THE STUDENT WHO GAVE THE TIP WILL BE RECOMMENDED FOR A REWARD FROM A SPECIAL CRIMESTOPPERS PROGRAM THAT ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO REPORT GUNS ON CAMPUS.
Five hundred seventy-one Louisiana public schools, or about 44 percent, have “persistently struggling groups of students” and are now required to develop improvement plans. Louisiana’s Department of Education released performance data Wednesday as part of the state’s compliance with the federal Every Student Succeeds Act. Among the 571 schools are 271 labeled as needing “comprehensive improvement,” for persistent low overall grades or poor graduation rates.
Three hundred other schools — including some with high overall grades — must work to improve performance among sub-groups of students.
THE VERMILLION PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM MOVED UP FROM NUMBER FOUR IN THE RANKINGS TO NUMBER TWO, JUST BEHIND THE ZACHARY SCHOOL DISTRICT. IT’S ONE OF NINE DISTRICTS IN THE STATE WITH AN A GRADE. IN OTHER ACADIANA PARISHES, ACADIA AND IBERIA MAINTAINED THEIR B GRADES WHILE IMPROVING THEIR PERFORMANCE SCORES TO 81-POINT-ZERO. ST. LANDRY PARISH MAINTAINED A C GRADE, MOVING FROM A SCORE OF 68 TO 69-POINT-9. MEANWHILE, ST. MARTIN PARISH SAW THEIR GRADE DROP FROM A B TO A C, WITH A NEARLY TWO POINT DROP IN THEIR SCORE.
THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM MAINTAINED A B GRADE MOVING UP SLIGHTLY IN THE NUMERICAL SCORE FROM A 78-POINT-6 TO 78-POINT-9. TWENTY-SEVEN SCHOOLS IN THE PARISH SAW IMPROVED PERFORMANCE SCORES WHILE FIFTEEN DECREASED. THE ONLY SCHOOL TO MOVE DOWN A LETTER GRADE WAS J-W FAULK ELEMENTARY WHICH WENT FROM A D GRADE TO AN F. THERE WAS ONE OTHER FAILING SCHOOL, THE EDWARD J. SAM ACCELERATED SCHOOL.
ONE SCHOOL IN CALCASIEU PARISH SAW REMARKABLE IMPROVEMENT. WASHINGTON MARION HIGH SCHOOL SAW ITS PERFORMANCE SCORE JUMP ALMOST 15 POINTS, GOING FROM A C SCHOOL TO A B. OVERALL, CALCASIEU PARISH MAINTAINED A B GRADE WITH THEIR SCORE GOING UP TWO-POINT-TWO POINTS. TEN SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT HAVE AN A GRADE WHILE FOURTEEN HAVE EITHER A D OR F.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HELD A “KEEP AMERICAN GREAT RALLY” LAST NIGHT IN MONROE. MEGAN KELLY HAS MORE.
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