Schools
Love to Learn, Learn to Lead: A 100-Day Investment for a Stronger Jefferson Parish Public School System
May 31, 2018
Dr. Cade Brumley, the new superintendent of the Jefferson Parish Public School System, addressed a BGR Breakfast Briefing on...Taking Stock: Three Years of Change at the Orleans Parish School Board
March 22, 2018
Dr. Henderson Lewis, Jr., reviewed his first three years as superintendent of the Orleans Parish Public Schools. The BGR...
Jeff School Board to consider calling another tax election
By Littice Bacon-Blood
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
December 15, 2017
The Jefferson Parish School Board most likely will ask voters for a tax increase next spring to fund teacher pay raises...JP school leaders consider next move after teacher pay millage defeat
By Rob Masson
Source: FOX 8
November 21, 2017
METAIRIE, LA (WVUE) – Jefferson Parish School Board members are debating which way to go next after voters narrowly defeated a measure...Despite poll defeat, Jefferson Parish school leaders planning to bring taxes back before voters
By Faimon A. Roberts III
Source: The Advocate
November 21, 2017
Just days after Jefferson Parish voters narrowly rejected a new property tax to fund a pay raise for public...School board member wants Jefferson Parish voters to reconsider teacher pay tax
By Littice Bacon-Blood
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
November 21, 2017
Jefferson Parish School Board member Cedric Floyd said Tuesday (Nov. 21) that he wants voters to reconsider an 8.45-mill...Jefferson Parish voters narrowly reject property tax for schoolteacher raises
By Faimon Roberts
Source: The Advocate
November 18, 2017
Jefferson Parish voters on Saturday narrowly rejected an 8.45-mill, 10-year property tax that would have paid for salary increases...Jefferson Parish voters narrowly reject school tax increase
By Littice Bacon-Blood
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
November 18, 2017
Jefferson Parish voters narrowly rejected a new 8.45-mill property tax Saturday (Nov. 18) that school officials requested to boost teacher pay....Jefferson Parish voters to decide on new tax for teacher raises
By Paul Murphy
Source: WWL-TV
November 17, 2017
Jefferson Parish schools are asking taxpayers to vote “yes” on Saturday to a new 8.5 mil property tax. The...Jefferson School Board asking voters to approve new tax for teacher raises
By Littice Bacon-Blood
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
November 6, 2017
The Jefferson Parish public school system is asking voters to approve a new 8.45-mill property tax on the Nov. 18 ballot...