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

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.

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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Name Type Location 2017 letter grade 2016 letter grade Notes
Amite Elementary Magnet School Elementary/middle C C
Amite High Magnet School High Amite C D
Amite Westside Middle Magnet Elementary/middle D D
Champ Cooper Elementary School Elementary/middle C C
Chesbrough Elementary School Elementary/middle B C
O.W. Dillon Leadership Academy Elementary/middle D F
Greenville Park Leadership Academy Elementary/middle F D
Hammond Eastside Magnet Elementary/middle C C
Hammond High Magnet School High Rural C C
Hammond Westside Montessori Elementary/middle D F
Independence High Magnet School High Independence D D
Independence Leadership Academy Elementary/middle D C
Independence Magnet Elementary/middle D D
Kentwood High Magnet School Combination Kentwood C C
Loranger Elementary School Elementary/middle D C
Loranger High School High B C
Loranger Middle School Elementary/middle C C
Midway Elementary School Elementary/middle D D
Natalbany Middle Elementary/middle C D
Perrin Early Learning Center Elementary/middle C C
Ponchatoula High School High Rural B B
Ponchatoula Junior High School Elementary/middle C B
D.C. Reeves Elementary School Elementary/middle C C
Roseland Montessori Elementary/middle C C
Southeastern LA University Lab School Elementary/middle A A
Spring Creek Elementary School Elementary/middle B C
Jewel M. Sumner High School High C C
Jewel M. Sumner Middle School Elementary/middle B C
Tangipahoa Alternative Solutions Program Combination F F
Tucker Memorial Elementary School Elementary/middle C C
Martha Vinyard Elementary School Elementary/middle C B
Woodland Park Magnet Elementary/middle F C

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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