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Mayfield Boundary Committee Goes With Map 3 ::..
The committee setting up an attendance district for the new Henry Mayfield Elementary School met March 16 and voted that Proposed Boundary Map Three be recommended for School Board adoption.
In the past two months, the group has held three public meetings at Bayou Woods Elementary in Slidell. After reviewing four proposed attendance district maps, the group agreed that the new school, located on U. S. 190 between Lacombe and Slidell, should serve the attendance areas of Bayou Woods and Carolyn Park Middle Schools as drawn in Map 3.
Parents attending the meetings discussed various concerns and were provided with detailed student demographic information for each map of the four maps proposed. Copies of the maps were on display ... - Continue
Tech Center To Be Named In Honor of Dave Treen ::..
The School Board will rename the Instructional Technology Center in Mandeville in honor of the late David C. Treen in ceremonies on Thursday, March 18. The program begins at 10:00 a.m., and the public is invited to attend.
Governor of Louisiana between 1980 and 1984 and a resident of the Mandeville area for many years, Treen died last October. The Board voted in November to honor him for his service to the state and community and his many contributions to public education.
He was instrumental in establishing the state's Professional Improvement Program for teachers, which gave thousands of teachers additional incentives to take part in professional development activities. Almost 77 percent of Louisiana’s teachers took the opportunity to enhance their ... - Continue
Madisonville Junior High PTA Plans Race and Fun Fair ::..
The Madisonville Junior High School PTA will sponsor a 5K run and a one-mile fun run again this year, with the event planned for next Saturday, March 20. This year however, the group will add a family-oriented fair called “Fun on the TcheFUNcte” to the festivities.
The fair takes place in the center of town at the old recreation field north of the Maritime Museum, beginning at 9:00 a.m. and ending around 4:00 p.m. All Madisonville area families are invited to attend.
Last year the 5K run brought out almost 400 people, making it one of the largest runs on the northshore, said Principal Fran Shea. “This year we added the family fun fair that will include games, vendors, a ... - Continue
Energy Conservation Program Wins Additional Award ::..
The School System’s Energy Management Program continues to earn recognition from national and state agencies for reducing energy usage.
Dr. John Swang, director of the program, reported this month that the School System had reduced its energy usage by more than 20 percent, leading to an energy cost avoidance of $5,375,487 over the past five years, and earning additional accolades from the U.S. Environment Protection Agency. The latest is called the “Leaders 20% Improvement” designation.
“We’ve had a very successful year,” Dr. Swang said. The School System received three national awards in the past year, the “Energy Milestone Award” from SEE (Schools for Energy Efficiency), an Energy Star-Leader Certificate from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and an Energy ... - Continue
Superintendent Announces Retirement ::..
Superintendent Gayle Sloan has announced her intention to retire at the end of the current school year. In a letter to the School Board members, Sloan expressed her desire to step down effective June 30, 2010.
“Serving as Superintendent for St. Tammany’s public schools has been a privilege for me, as I grew up here, graduated from one of our fine public high schools, lived almost my entire life in this community, and came up through the ranks of dedicated employees. This has been much more than a job to me. It has been a labor of love,” Sloan said in her letter. “It is time for me to move on to the next opportunity in my life and maybe slow ... - Continue
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