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YOUNGSVILLE MAYOR KEN RITTER SAYS A NEW MASTER PLAN FOR THE CITY, UNVEILED AT GREEN T. LINDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAST NIGHT, WILL GET THINGS DONE. THE POPULATION OF YOUNGSVILLE HAS INCREASED BY 450 PERCENT IN 15 YEARS, AND IS EXPECTED TO DOUBLE AGAIN BY 2023. THE MASTER PLAN TOOK TEN YEARS TO PUT TOGETHER AND PRIORITIZES PROJECTS BASED ON NEEDS AND COSTS. ABOUT 150 PEOPLE LAST NIGHT ATTENDED A TOWN HALL MEETING AT THE SCHOOL ABOUT THE MASTER PLAN, WHICH IS 555 PAGES LONG.
OFFICIALS AT THE L-S-U AGCENTER IN LAKE CHARLES ARE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THIS YEAR’S CRAWFISH SEASON. DR. RAY MCCLAIN SAYS IT’S TOO EARLY TO TELL, BUT THE WARM WEATHER AND RAIN SO FAR COULD LEAD TO A GOOD SUPPLY. MCCLAIN AND ANOTHER EXPERT SPOKE TO CRAWFISH PRODUCERS YESTERDAY. RICHARD COOLEY OF IOWA TELLS KPLC TV THAT HE WILL START CRAWFISH FARMING RIGHT AFTER CHRISTMAS, AND THE THINGS HE LEARNED DURING YESTERDAY’S MEETING WAS VERY HELPFUL.
THE ST. MARTIN PARISH SCHOOL BOARD WILL GO TO TRIAL ON JANUARY 19TH WITH A PLAN TO DESEGREGATE CATAHOULA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. IT’S HOPED THAT THE PLAN WILL HELP END A DECADES-OLD DESEGREGATION LAWSUIT AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS TOLD THE SCHOOL BOARD’S ATTORNEY THAT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WOULD BE A STEP CLOSER TO ENDING THE LAWSUIT IF THEY CLOSED CATAHOULA ELEMENTARY, BUT THE BOARD REJECTED THE PROPOSAL MONDAY NIGHT. CATAHOULA ELEMENTARY HAS A STUDENT POPULATION THAT IS 92 PERCENT WHITE.
State education officials are releasing guidebooks to help parents understand report cards for individual Louisiana public schools and public school districts. The school and district report cards are set for release Thursday. They will include the performance score and letter grade earned by each school and district. Those grades and scores are based on a variety of factors for different types of schools.
THIS WEEK LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL PERSONNEL ARE CONDUCTING ACTIVE SHOOTING DRILLS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE. JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.
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THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AT MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY WILL ADDRESS THE FUTURE OF THE FOOTBALL PROGRAM AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY. THE PROGRAM LOST ITS HEAD COACH RECENTLY, AS MATT VIATOR TOOK THE HEAD COACHING JOB AT U-L MONROE. IT’S EXPECTED THAT DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR LANCE GUIDRY WILL TAKE OVER AS THE NEW HEAD COACH. THE PRESS CONFERENCE, WHICH IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, IS AT FOUR THIS AFTERNOON AT THE ENDZONE CLUB, LOCATED ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE JACK DOLAND FIELDHOUSE.
FOUR ACADIANA HIGH SCHOOLS RECEIVED BRONZE RANKINGS IN U-S NEWS AND WORLD REPORTS ANNUAL LIST OF THE NATION’S BEST HIGH SCHOOLS. THEY ARE ABBEVILLE HIGH, ERATH HIGH, GUEYDAN HIGH, ALL IN VERMILLION PARISH, AND THE EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY IN LAFAYETTE. THE U-S NEWS AND WORLD REPORT SAYS THAT THE BRONZE RANKING IS FOR HIGH SCHOOLS THAT ARE HIGH PERFORMING BASED ON THEIR STATE EXAM PERFORMANCE. THE TOP HIGH SCHOOL IN THE STATE, ACCORDING TO THE MAGAZINE, IS BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HIGH IN NEW ORLEANS.
A LITTER OF PUPPIES WAS STOLEN FROM A CHURCH POINT KENNEL ON DECEMBER SEVENTH, AND THE ACADIA PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS ASKING THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN FINDING THEM. TEN FOUR WEEK OLD PUPPIES WERE TAKEN FROM THE KENNEL, LOCATED IN THE ONE THOUSAND BLOCK OF WEST PLAQUEMINE. THEY ARE AMERICAN BULLY PITS AND MOSTLY CHOCOLATE IN COLOR. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE PUPPIES CAN CALL 789-TIPS, WHERE UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLAR CASH REWARD IS BEING OFFERED.
