Acadia Parish School Board Explained

Acadia Parish School Board
Address:	Physical: 2402 North Parkerson Avenue Crowley, LA 70526 [phone] Mailing: PO Drawer 309 Crowley, LA 70527-0309
Country:	United States
Coordinates:	30.2297°N -92.3814°W
Type:	Public
Motto:	Reaching Every Child Every Day
Grades:	K-12
Established:	July 11, 1887
President:	James Higginbotham^[1]
Vice-President:	Delo Hebert, Jr.
Superintendent:	Scott M. Richard
Schools:	27
Us Nces District Id:	2200030
District Id:	LA-001
Students:	9,834
Teachers:	484.48
Staff:	540.1
Ratio:	20.30
Website:	www.acadia.k12.la.us

Acadia Parish School Board is a school district headquartered in Crowley, Louisiana, United States. The district serves all of Acadia Parish.

Current board members

As of 2023:^[2]

• District 1: James Etta David
• District 2: Frances Reagan Miller
• District 3: Delo Hebert
• District 4: Rebecca Foux Atkinson
• District 5: Steve Jones
• District 6: Ike Richard
• District 7: James Higginbotham
• District 8: Milton R. Simar

Notable board members

• John Travis Nixon (1867-1909), publisher of what became The Crowley Post Signal^[3]

School uniforms

Beginning in the 1999–2000 school year the school district requires all students to wear school uniforms.^[4] " Acadia Parish School Board.

Schools

Preschool

• Central Rayne Kindergarten (Rayne)^[5]
• Crowley Kindergarten (Crowley)^[5]

Elementary schools

• Branch Elementary (Branch)^[5]
• Church Point Elementary (Church Point)^[5]
• Egan Elementary (Egan)^[5]
• Estherwood Elementary (Estherwood)^[5]
• Evangeline Elementary (Evangeline)^[5]
• Iota Elementary (Iota)^[5]
• Martin Petitjean Elementaryl (Rayne)^[5]
• Mermentau Elementary (Mermentau)^[5]
• Mire Elementary (Rayne)^[5]
• Morse Elementary (Morse)^[5]
• North Crowley Elementary (Crowley)^[5]
• Richard Elementary (Church Point)^[5]
• Ross Elementary (Crowley)^[5]
• South Crowley Elementary (Crowley)^[5]
• South Rayne Elementary (Rayne)^[5]

Middle schools

• Armstrong Middle (Rayne)^[5]
• Church Point Middle (Church Point)^[5]
• Crowley Middle (Crowley)^[5]
• Iota Middle (Iota)^[5]

High schools

• Church Point High (Church Point)^[5]
• Crowley High (Crowley)^[5]
• Iota High (Iota)^[5]
• Midland High (Midland)^[5]
• Rayne High School (Rayne)^[5]

Alternative Education

• Acadia Parish Alternative (Crowley)^[5]

External links

• Acadia Parish School Board

Notes and References

1. Web site: Acadia Parish School System Staff. Acadia Parish School Board. 2019-11-15. www.acadia.k12.la.us. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191223114715/https://www.acadia.k12.la.us/files/user/8/file/Board/APSBStaff_Rev11-15-19.pdf . 2019-12-23 . 2019-12-23.
2. Web site: Acadia Parish Schools . www.acadia.k12.la.us . 4 May 2023 . en.
3. Web site: Dictionary of Louisiana Biography. www.lahistory.org. Louisiana Historical Association. en-US. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190328044605/https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-n/ . 2019-03-28 . 2019-12-23.
4. Web site: Uniform Policy. Acadia Parish School Board. 2008. www.acadia.k12.la.us. 2019-12-23.
5. Web site: School List. Acadia Parish School Board. www.acadia.k12.la.us. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20120209054905/http://www.acadia.k12.la.us/district/schools . 2012-02-09 . 2019-12-23.