Cameron Parish School Board (CPSB) or Cameron Parish School District or Cameron Parish School System (CPSS) is a

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headquartered in unincorporated

Cameron Parish Cameron Parish (french: Paroisse de Cameron) is a parish in the southwest corner of the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,617. The parish seat is Cameron. Although it is the largest parish by area in Louisi ...

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. The district serves Cameron Parish. The district has its temporary headquarters at 1027 Highway 384 in the Grand Lake area.

History

In September 2005

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struck Cameron Parish. Four of the parish's six public schools were destroyed or damaged; students from three other schools (Cameron Elementary, South Cameron Elementary, and South Cameron High) occupied Grand Lake High School while students from Johnson Bayou occupied

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's campus.Dixon, Pam.
Cameron students return to campus after hurricane
." KPLC-TV. August 20, 2006.

School uniforms

Students are required to wear

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Schools

* Grand Lake High School (PK-12) *

(K-12) * Johnson Bayou High School (K-12) **As a result of the September 2008 Hurricane Ike, 80% of the Johnson Bayou campus received damage. The district was to try to get the

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(FEMA) to fund a replacement school instead of a repaired campus.Posted 9-18-2008
" Cameron Parish Public Schools. September 18, 2008. * South Cameron High School (K-12) ** Was formerly two separate schools (South Cameron Elementary School and South Cameron High School) ** Hurricane Ike destroyed South Cameron's temporary buildings. ** Due to declining enrollment, South Cameron no longer sponsors football.

Former schools

Cameron Elementary School
(PreK-7) ** Closed after Hurricane Rita in fall 2005; school consolidated into South Cameron High School by fall 2006.
Grand Chenier Elementary School
** Closed in 2001 after enrollment decreased to 60 students.Atkinson, Vince.
Uncertain Future for Cameron School
." KPLC-TV. April 11, 2005. * South Cameron Elementary School ** Closed after Hurricane Rita in fall 2005; school consolidated into South Cameron High School by fall 2006.

References

External links

Cameron Parish School Board
{{coord missing, Louisiana School districts in Louisiana Education in Cameron Parish, Louisiana