Tangipahoa Parish School Board

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Tangipahoa Parish School Board is a school district headquartered in Amite City, Louisiana, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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The district serves Tangipahoa Parish.

Robert L. Frye (1927-2011), the Republican nominee for state education superintendent in 1972, was a former member of the Tangipahoa Parish School Board. [1]

Ann Alexander Smith (right) is a retired teacher, coach, principal of Kentwood High School, and Tangipahoa Parish School System supervisor. In 2007 she was elected to represent District A on the Tangipahoa Parish School Board. Here she is shown with Southeastern Louisiana University instructor Dr Birgitta Ramsey. Smith was guest of honor for the 2011 Governor's Cup Banquet of the Kentwood Rotary Club, of which she is a former president. Ann Alexander Smith left Birgitta Ramsey right 2011-05-13 Kentwood Rotary.JPG
Ann Alexander Smith (right) is a retired teacher, coach, principal of Kentwood High School, and Tangipahoa Parish School System supervisor. In 2007 she was elected to represent District A on the Tangipahoa Parish School Board. Here she is shown with Southeastern Louisiana University instructor Dr Birgitta Ramsey. Smith was guest of honor for the 2011 Governor's Cup Banquet of the Kentwood Rotary Club, of which she is a former president.

The Board has a long history of racial discrimination in the hiring of teachers. In 1975, it was ordered to ensure one-third of the teaching staff were Black. Both the Board and the Court ignored the mandate for more than thirty years. During the period from 1998 to 2008, the Board hired fewer Black teachers than any other school system in the state. In 2010, a second ruling strengthened the first. [2]

In 1994, the Board adopted a requirement that a disclaimer be read aloud before any instruction on the theory of evolution. Local parents sued. In 2000, the Supreme Court declined to revise a lower court ruling striking down the policy.

School uniforms

All students are required to wear school uniforms. [3]

Schools

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NameTypeLocation2017 letter grade2016 letter gradeNotes
Amite Elementary Magnet SchoolElementary/middleCC
Amite High Magnet School HighAmiteCD
Amite Westside Middle MagnetElementary/middleDD
Champ Cooper Elementary SchoolElementary/middleCC
Chesbrough Elementary SchoolElementary/middleBC
O.W. Dillon Leadership AcademyElementary/middleDF
Greenville Park Leadership AcademyElementary/middleFD
Hammond Eastside MagnetElementary/middleCC
Hammond High Magnet School HighHammondCC
Hammond Westside MontessoriElementary/middleDF
Independence High Magnet School HighIndependenceDD
Independence Leadership AcademyElementary/middleDC
Independence MagnetElementary/middleDD
Kentwood High Magnet School CombinationKentwoodCC
Loranger Elementary SchoolElementary/middleDC
Loranger High SchoolHighLorangerBC
Loranger Middle SchoolElementary/middleCC
Midway Elementary SchoolElementary/middleDD
Natalbany MiddleElementary/middleCD
Perrin Early Learning CenterElementary/middleCC
Ponchatoula High School HighPonchatoulaBB
Ponchatoula Junior High SchoolElementary/middleCB
D.C. Reeves Elementary SchoolElementary/middleCC
Roseland MontessoriElementary/middleCC
Southeastern LA University Lab SchoolElementary/middleAA
Spring Creek Elementary SchoolElementary/middleBC
Jewel M. Sumner High SchoolHighKentwoodCC
Jewel M. Sumner Middle SchoolElementary/middleBC
Tangipahoa Alternative Solutions ProgramCombinationFF
Tucker Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary/middleCC
Martha Vinyard Elementary SchoolElementary/middleCB
Woodland Park MagnetElementary/middleFC

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Robert L. Frye". Baton Rouge Morning Advocate, February 6, 2011. Retrieved February 6, 2011.
  2. ↑ Anderson, Melinda (January 23, 2018). "A Root Cause of the Teacher-Diversity Problem". The Atlantic. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Dress Code and Uniform Regulations Archived 2008-04-30 at the Wayback Machine ." Tangipahoa Parish School Board.
  4. ↑ "Full list: Louisiana school, district performance scores for 2016-2017 school year". Baton Rouge Advocate. November 7, 2017. Retrieved August 21, 2018.

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