Webster Parish School Board is a
school district
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headquartered in
Minden
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in northwestern
Louisiana
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,
United States
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. The district operates public schools in
Webster Parish.
The district is governed by an elected and compensated school board. Daniel R. Rawls begins duties as superintendent on January 7, 2014. In 2017, Johnny Rowland, Jr., was unanimously chosen by the school board as the superintendent to succeed Rawls.
Schools
Primary schools
PK-6
* Central Elementary School (''
Unincorporated area
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/near
Heflin'')
5-6
* Brown Upper Elementary School (Springhill)
PK and 6
* Philips Middle School (Minden)
K-5
* J. E. Harper Elementary School (Minden) opened in 1971 as a "new concept" school with one large open space without separate classroom and doors. Joe Windham, the former elementary school supervisor, became the first Harper
principal.
["New J. E. Harper School to Present New Concept," ''Minden Press-Herald,'' June 9, 1971, p. 1.]
* Jones Elementary School (Minden)
*
E.S. Richardson Elementary School (Minden), grades 4 and 5
*
William G. Stewart Elementary School (Minden), closed and razed in 2011
* Union Elementary School (
Doyline), closed 2011
Secondary schools
6-8
* North Webster Jr. High School (
Sarepta
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)
7-8
* Webster Junior High School (Minden)
6-12
* Doyline High School (
Doyline)
7-12
*
Lakeside Junior-Senior High School (''Unincorporated area/south of
Sibley'')
9-12
*
Minden High School (Minden)
* North Webster High School (
Springhill)
Alternative
* Hope Youth Ranch (Evergreen Community), closed
* Webster Parish Achievement Center (Minden)
References
External links
Webster Parish School Board
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School districts in Louisiana
School Board
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