Claiborne Parish School Board is a

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headquartered in

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. The district serves all of Claiborne Parish. Former Claiborne Superintendent Gary Lee Jones became a Republican member of the

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in January 2016.

History

In ???? the district had 2,019 students, a decrease by 102 from the previous year. In ???? the school district had a hiring freeze and planned to remove 60 job positions in order to reduce the district budget by $2.4 million.

Schools

;PreK-12 schools * Summerfield High School (''Unincorporated area'') ;5-12 schools * Haynesville Junior/Senior High School ( Haynesville) ;High schools * Homer High School (

) ;Junior high schools * Homer Junior High School (Homer) ;Elementary schools
Homer Elementary School
(Homer) - PK-5 * Haynesville Elementary School (Haynesville) - PreK-4

Former schools

* Athens High School (

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, formerly in the building housing the private Mt. Olive Christian School) ** The school had 162 students in February 2012. It closed in summer 2012, with students moved to Homer schools.

References

External links

Claiborne Parish School Board
- Official site. {{Coord missing, Louisiana Education in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana School districts in Louisiana Homer, Louisiana