Lafourche Parish Public Schools

Lafourche Parish Public Schools is a school district headquartered in Thibodaux, Louisiana.

The district serves all of Lafourche Parish,^[1] including a portion of Des Allemands.^[2]

Residents of select portions of Lafourche Parish (particularly in parts of Grand Bois and Bourg) may attend schools in the Terrebonne Parish School District. Students with certain medical problems and children of certain teachers residing in Terrebonne Parish may attend school in the Lafourche Parish Public Schools only if superintendents of both systems approve it on a case-by-case basis. ^[2]

History

The school district made academic improvement between 2015 and 2016; it received an "A" grade from the Louisiana Department of Education in 2016 since its score had risen to 102.2, crossing the 100 points needed for an "A" rank, from 95.8.^[3]

School uniforms

Students are required to wear school uniforms.^[4]

Schools

Secondary schools

High schools

Central Lafourche High School (Mathews, Unincorporated area)
South Lafourche High School (Galliano, Unincorporated area)
Thibodaux High School (Thibodaux)

Middle schools

Bayou Blue Middle School (Unincorporated area)
East Thibodaux Middle School (Thibodaux)
Golden Meadow Middle School (Golden Meadow)
Larose-Cut Off Middle School (Larose, Unincorporated area)
Lockport Middle School (Lockport)
Raceland Middle School (Raceland, Unincorporated area)
Sixth Ward Middle School (Unincorporated area)
West Thibodaux Middle School (Thibodaux)

Elementary schools

The original red schoolhouse of Bayou Boeuf Elementary School

Bayou Blue Elementary School
Bayou Boeuf Elementary School
Chackbay Elementary School
- As of 2011^[update] the school had 485 students. As this was above the school's capacity, that year the district considered rezoning 125 students to Bayou Boeuf, which had experienced a decline in the number of students attending school there.^[5]
Cut Off Elementary School
Galliano Elementary School
Golden Meadow Lower Elementary School
Golden Meadow Upper Elementary School
W. S. Lafargue Elementary School
Lockport Lower Elementary School
Lockport Upper Elementary School
North Larose Elementary School
Raceland Lower Elementary School
Raceland Upper Elementary School
South Larose Elementary School
St. Charles Elementary School
South Thibodaux Elementary School
Thibodaux Elementary School

Former schools

Consolidated in the 1960s:

Schools for black people:

C.M. Washington Colored High School/C.M. Washington Colored Training School - Thibodaux^[6]^[7]
Raceland Colored School^[7]

Notable board members

Jerome "Dee" Richard, current member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Lafourche Parish, one of only two Independents in the chamber, served two stints on the Lafourche Parish School Board, from 1982 to 1984 and again from 1986 to 1994.^[8]

References

^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Lafourche Parish, LA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 31, 2022. Retrieved July 31, 2022. - Text list
^ ^a ^b "SCHOOL ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES Archived 2016-12-02 at the Wayback Machine." Lafourche Parish Public Schools. Retrieved on December 2, 2016. The page states: "Students who reside in the Des Allemands area on the west side of Bayou Des Allemands will attend Lafourche Parish schools. [...] students from Terrebonne Parish may attend schools in Lafourche Parish and students from Lafourche Parish may attend schools in Terrebonne Parish under the following terms and conditions:[...]"
^ Gommel, Karl (December 20, 2016). "Movin' on up! Area schools raise scores". Houma Times. Retrieved December 24, 2016.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 3, 2006. Retrieved January 7, 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Lafourche Parish looks at school consolidations". March 23, 2011. Retrieved December 24, 2016.
^ The Boardman, Volumes 3-5. 1951. p. 26. " Colored Schools: C. M. Washington Colored Training School, Thibodaux, La.[...]" "C.+M.+Washington+Colored" See search page
^ ^a ^b Engineering News-Record, Volume 143, Part 1. McGraw-Hill, 1949. p. 50. "C.+M.+Washington+Colored" See search page.
^ "Jerome Dee Richard". campaignsitebuilder.com. Archived from the original on December 12, 2013. Retrieved August 28, 2013.

External links

Lafourche Parish Public Schools
Archives of Lafourche Parish Public Schools webpages (lafourche.k12.la.us) at the Wayback Machine (archive index)

[1] "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Lafourche Parish, LA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 31, 2022. Retrieved July 31, 2022. - Text list

[schoolbound-2] "SCHOOL ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES Archived 2016-12-02 at the Wayback Machine." Lafourche Parish Public Schools. Retrieved on December 2, 2016. The page states: "Students who reside in the Des Allemands area on the west side of Bayou Des Allemands will attend Lafourche Parish schools. [...] students from Terrebonne Parish may attend schools in Lafourche Parish and students from Lafourche Parish may attend schools in Terrebonne Parish under the following terms and conditions:[...]"

[3] Gommel, Karl (December 20, 2016). "Movin' on up! Area schools raise scores". Houma Times. Retrieved December 24, 2016.

[4] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 3, 2006. Retrieved January 7, 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[5] "Lafourche Parish looks at school consolidations". March 23, 2011. Retrieved December 24, 2016.

[6] The Boardman, Volumes 3-5. 1951. p. 26. " Colored Schools: C. M. Washington Colored Training School, Thibodaux, La.[...]" "C.+M.+Washington+Colored" See search page

[ENRp50-7] Engineering News-Record, Volume 143, Part 1. McGraw-Hill, 1949. p. 50. "C.+M.+Washington+Colored" See search page.

[8] "Jerome Dee Richard". campaignsitebuilder.com. Archived from the original on December 12, 2013. Retrieved August 28, 2013.

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