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Gueydan High most expensive school to operate per student cost

Fri, 01/31/2025 - 10:03am

Educating students in Vermilion Parish is not cheap, explained Superintendent Tommy Byler.
Earlier this month, the superintendent went over the finances to the school board members.
Byler broke down the number of students and personnel at each school and the cost of educating each child.
There are 8,526 students currently enrolled in public schools, excluding Vermilion Charter School.
The average cost to educate those 8,526 students is $5,142 per student per year.

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Qualifying for District B Abbeville City Council seat begins today

Wed, 01/29/2025 - 12:26pm

Qualifying for a special election for the District B seat on the Abbeville City Council began this morning.
The process will continue on Thursday before concluding on Friday, Jan. 31. Qualifying will be open from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. each day.
Potential candidates can qualify at the office of Vermilion Parish Clerk of Court Diane Meaux Broussard, located on the first floor of the Vermilion Parish Courthouse.

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Artificial turf football fields could be coming to the football stadiums at Kaplan High and North Vermilion High.

Vermilion Parish School Board looks at borrowing $25 million to upgrade facilities

Wed, 01/29/2025 - 10:07am

The Vermilion Parish School Board and Superintendent Tommy Byler might have come up with a strategy to improve school facilities without needing to ask the community for a tax increase.
Byler shared with the board details about around $25 million worth of repairs and enhancements for buildings and sports facilities across the parish.
“We are trying to find a creative way to do upgrades without going to the public,” Byler said. 

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Vermilion Parish 4-H Junior Livestock Show totals more than $162,000

Tue, 01/28/2025 - 9:13am

The 51st Annual Vermilion Parish 4-H Junior Livestock Show was held January 10-11th at the Cecil McCrory Exhibit Building in Abbeville. In all, 132 4-H members exhibited 289 head of livestock (beef, sheep, goats, dairy, swine) and 33 poultry exhibitors showed 108 exhibition birds at this show.
The sale of market animals totaled $162,116.75.

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LSU AgCenter crawfish agent Todd Fontenot said that despite the
historic freezing conditions and snowfall in many crawfish-producing parishes, producers and consumers can expect a quick rebound.

Historic winter storm unlikely to have long-term effects on 2025 crawfish season

Tue, 01/28/2025 - 9:06am

BATON ROUGE, La. — As south Louisiana begins to thaw out after the historic arctic blast and double-digit inches of snowfall in many crawfish-producing parishes, many are wondering if there will be a repeat of 2024 that saw small harvests and high prices due to the previous year’s drought. LSU AgCenter researchers are cautiously optimistic that there is barely a snowball’s chance in Acadiana of that happening.

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