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Under recommendations presented Wednesday by State Superintendent of Schools John White, principals will have more latitude and flexibility for evaluating teacher success.

 

Students of the Year for 2015 from the LaSalle Parish School System were introduced at the regular March meeting of the parish school board held Monday night of this week. Honored students include

 

 

 

 

These Jena High School students attended the FBLA District Leadership Conference in Monroe recently - 1st row: Jensen Guillory, Jarrett Gibson, Jerry Henslee, Keri Jones, Rachel Terry, Emily Bordelon, Savannah McGuffee, Katie Netherland, Caitlyn Gallaspy, Allison Boyette, Abbey Bethard, Jacob Peters, Ashton  Clark, Savannah Kirl, Kayla Ainsworth and Jessey Mason; 2nd row: Sam Engles, Kathryn Wilson, Sarah Guinn, Emiy Drewett, Kelsey Bradford, Paige Mulvihill, Natalie Posey, Malori Mokry, Tami-Jo Ray, Katie Williams, Madison Walker, Emilee Howard, Macey Roark, Kailey Bignar, and Bryttanye Erwin

Angie Sandifer was appointed as the next Registrar of Voters for LaSalle Parish by the LaSalle Parish Police Jury during its regular February meeting held Monday night of last week. Before the appointment was made, the Jury voted to accept the resignation of Connie Huett as Registrar of Voters effective April 1, 2015.

LaSalle High School hosted the regular February meeting of the LaSalle Parish School Board on Monday  night of last week in Olla. Dr. Sheila King, LHS principal, and her staff did an excellent job in converting the school’s library into a meeting room for the board, and several LHS students participated in the session. Most of the LHS staff was present for the meeting, along with a large  number of students.

 

 

U.S. Senators David Vitter and Bill Cassidy, M.D., have issued the following statements on the Obama administration’s proposed Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing program for 2017-2022.