Lafourche Parish Public Schools is a

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headquartered in Thibodaux,

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. The district serves all of

Lafourche Parish Lafourche Parish () is a parish located in the south of the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat is Thibodaux. The parish was formed in 1807. It was originally the northern part of Lafourche Interior Parish, which consisted of the present ...

, including a portion of

Des Allemands Des Allemands is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lafourche and St. Charles parishes in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Louisiana. The population was 2,179 at the 2020 census. The town, known as the " ...

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." Lafourche Parish Public Schools. Retrieved on December 2, 2016. The page states: "Students who reside in the Des Allemands area on the west side of Bayou Des Allemands will attend Lafourche Parish schools. ..students from Terrebonne Parish may attend schools in Lafourche Parish and students from Lafourche Parish may attend schools in Terrebonne Parish under the following terms and conditions: .. Residents of select portions of Lafourche Parish (particularly in parts of Grand Bois and Bourg) may attend schools in the Terrebonne Parish School District. Students with certain medical problems and children of certain teachers residing in Terrebonne Parish may attend school in the Lafourche Parish Public Schools only if superintendents of both systems approve it on a case-by-case basis.

History

The school district made academic improvement between 2015 and 2016; it received an "A" grade from the

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in 2016 since its score had risen to 102.2, crossing the 100 points needed for an "A" rank, from 95.8.

School uniforms

Students are required to wear

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Schools

Secondary schools

;High schools * Central Lafourche High School (Mathews, ''

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'') * South Lafourche High School (Galliano, ''Unincorporated area'') *

Thibodaux High School Thibodaux High School (THS) is a public high school serving students in grades 9–12 in Thibodaux, Louisiana, United States about southwest of New Orleans. It is one of three high schools in the Lafourche Parish Public Schools. It serves: Thib ...

( Thibodaux) ;Middle schools * Bayou Blue Middle School (Unincorporated area) * East Thibodaux Middle School ( Thibodaux) * Golden Meadow Middle School ( Golden Meadow) * Larose-Cut Off Middle School ( Larose, ''Unincorporated area'') * Lockport Middle School ( Lockport) * Raceland Middle School ( Raceland, ''Unincorporated area'') * Sixth Ward Middle School (''Unincorporated area'') * West Thibodaux Middle School ( Thibodaux)

Elementary schools

*Bayou Blue Elementary School * Bayou Boeuf Elementary School *Chackbay Elementary School ** the school had 485 students. As this was above the school's capacity, that year the district considered rezoning 125 students to Bayou Boeuf, which had experienced a decline in the number of students attending school there. *Cut Off Elementary School *Galliano Elementary School *Golden Meadow Lower Elementary School *Golden Meadow Upper Elementary School *W. S. Lafargue Elementary School *Lockport Lower Elementary School *Lockport Upper Elementary School *North Larose Elementary School *Raceland Lower Elementary School *Raceland Upper Elementary School *South Larose Elementary School *St. Charles Elementary School *South Thibodaux Elementary School *Thibodaux Elementary School

Former schools

Consolidated in the 1960s: * Golden Meadow High School * Larose-Cut Off High School * Lockport High School * Raceland High School Schools for black people: * C.M. Washington Colored High School/C.M. Washington Colored Training School - Thibodaux''Engineering News-Record'', Volume 143, Part 1.

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*Raceland Colored School

Notable board members

Jerome "Dee" Richard, current member of the

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from Lafourche Parish, one of only two Independents in the chamber, served two stints on the Lafourche Parish School Board, from 1982 to 1984 and again from 1986 to 1994.

References

External links

Lafourche Parish Public Schools
* {{Thibodaux, Louisiana School districts in Louisiana Public Schools