Lafourche Parish Public Schools Explained

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

• Bayou Blue Elementary School
• Bayou Boeuf Elementary School
• Chackbay Elementary School
  • 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:

• Golden Meadow High School
• Larose-Cut Off High School
• Lockport High School
• Raceland High School

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]

External links

• Lafourche Parish Public Schools

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Lafourche Parish, LA. https://web.archive.org/web/20220731234035/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st22_la/schooldistrict_maps/c22057_lafourche/DC20SD_C22057.pdf . 2022-07-31 . live. U.S. Census Bureau. 2022-07-31. - Text list
2. "SCHOOL ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES ." 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. Web site: Gommel, Karl. Movin' on up! Area schools raise scores . Houma Times. 2016-12-20. 2016-12-24.
4. Web site: Archived copy . 2007-01-07 . 2006-10-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061003122918/http://lafourche.k12.la.us/ParentStudentHandbook.pdf . dead .
5. Web site: Lafourche Parish looks at school consolidations . 2011-03-23. 2016-12-24.
6. The Boardman, Volumes 3-5. 1951. p. 26. " Colored Schools: C. M. Washington Colored Training School, Thibodaux, La.[...]" See search page
7. Engineering News-Record, Volume 143, Part 1. McGraw-Hill, 1949. p. 50. See search page.
8. Web site: Jerome Dee Richard . campaignsitebuilder.com . August 28, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131212061511/http://www.campaignsitebuilder.com/templates/displayfiles/tmpl27.asp?SiteID=3324&PageID=59975 . December 12, 2013 .