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Laborde Earles Injury Lawyers to host 3rd annual backpack giveaway event for Louisiana students
RAPIDES & LAFAYETTE, La., (WNTZ) – Laborde Earles is giving away hundreds of free backpacks to children across Central Louisiana and Lafayette Parish through its 3rd Annual Project Backpack event. The firm is committed to bettering the community by creating a brighter future for Louisiana children. Each backpack given away will be stuffed with school supplies to ready students for the new school year. Applications are now open to students in grades Pre-K through 8th grade, with a deadline to apply by July 17, 2024.
Lafayette Christian unveils concept for local 24-hour TV station focused on prep athletics
A new 24-hour television station dedicated to local high school sports will launch this fall. KVNTV president Jay Miller introduced the concept Thursday morning on the campus of Lafayette Christian Academy. "This is for all of the Acadiana area," he said. "We want to promote our athletes and our schools....
Fill-in to two-way starter: see who Carencro chose for the team's "most important position"
CARENCRO – Sometimes the best thing in sports happens unexpectedly. And for Carencro High head coach Gavin Peters and the Bears’ football program, that couldn’t be truer than in the discovery of their new starting tight end Kaiden Castille. Because, as Peters would describe it, “it happened...
Lafayette Parish School System names new Lerosen Preparatory School principal
Following James Rollins' transfer to Northside High School, the Lafayette Parish School System on Wednesday announced Kimberly Magee has been chosen to lead Lerosen Preparatory School. Magee embarked on her teaching career in 2004 at Leesville Junior High School in Vernon Parish, where she taught business education subjects and computer...
Editorial: Lafayette school system needs your voice
The Lafayette Parish School system is embarking on a strategic planning process this summer and fall in an effort to determine what public education will look like in the future. It has hired New Orleans-based Civic Solutions Group to direct the process of collecting citizen input and making recommendations to the school board.
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