Lafayette Parish School System | |
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Location | |
United States | |
District information | |
Type | Public (government funded) |
Motto | Strength. Tradition. Excellence. |
Grades | K-12 |
President | Tommy Angelle |
Vice-president | Justin Centanni |
Superintendent | Francis Touchet |
Budget | $798,004,373.00 |
NCES District ID | 2200870 [1] |
Students and staff | |
Students | 31,000 |
Other information | |
Website | www |
The Lafayette Parish School System (LPSS) or Lafayette Parish School Board (LPSB) is a school district based in Lafayette, Louisiana. The district serves all of Lafayette Parish.
As of October 2022, the school board consists of 9 members: [2]
Lafayette Parish School System currently offers sixteen Schools of Choice from grades K-12. [3] These include the following:
Each one offers something different. A student can get into a school of choice one of two ways; by lottery drawing, or application into the school of choice if slots remain after the lottery takes place. The lottery drawing is conducted in the last week of February, unless holidays interfere. [4]
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