lafayette schools

For most (if not all) parents, a quality education is key in the development of your child. If you’re considering a move to Lafayette Parish, or are moving to a new area of Lafayette Parish, we’ve done a little bit of research for you and your child.

The Lafayette Parish School Board will take a look at proposed changes to the dress code that could reduce high school students clothing options. The School Board will look at the proposal on Wednesday and say that a vote could happen as early as April...

The school district unveils its new online registration for child care and Pre-K today.

The student was sent home after being involved in a fight and seen later near campus with a gun.

291-HELP will be staffed by retired teachers working to answer your calls.

The system now has a Chief Administrative Officer and a Chief Academic Officer.

As the 2014-2015 school year comes to an end, the 2015-2016 schedule has been released.

It is expected the eliminated positions will be absorbed by resignations and retirements.

Cooper gave an impassioned speech at the hearing about why he got into education, but the board voted 7 to 2 to fire him and the decision is effective immediately.

Cooper maintains that he'll be vindicated through the process.

The funds come from excess tax collections and changes in salaries and benefits payouts.

A public hearing is scheduled for Sept. 11.

The number of incidents was lower than in the two previous years.

A $2.4 million request for instructional materials and student workbooks hangs in limbo.

Due to the flooding conditions throughout the parish, Lafayette Parish public schools will dismiss today beginning at 9:30 am. Middle schools will dismiss first at 9:30 am; elementary schools at 10:30 am; and high schools at 12:00 pm.

Students at S.J. Montgomrery Elementary School are safe after a small scare earlier Thursday.

It's graduation time in Acadiana and the 2014 rehearsals and graduation ceremonies have begun.  It's also the time of year to knock off the dust on T. K. Hulin's '(As They Pass Me By) Graduation Night'.

The bus driver involved in the incident had stopped at a store to run a personal errand.

Parents Empowered is a group of parents who have taken a leadership role in their children's education and to make sure that parents are heard. Lafayette's Parents Empowered group is hosting town hall-style meetings called Cafeteria Conversations with Dr...

Administrators are reporting that teachers spotted "intruders jumping the fence."