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When 2023 rolls around, the Vermilion Parish School Board will officially consist of a nine-member school board.
The school board will have an odd number of school board members for the first time ever. On Wednesday, the eight school board members voted 8-0 to add an extra district, bringing the total number of school board members to nine.
The last time the school board changed the number of school board members was around 1990, when it went from a 14-member school board to an eight-member school board.

Christopher Richard is this year’s winner of the Rotary Club of Abbeville’s “What I Want to Be and Why” contest.
Since the contest’s inception in 1949, there have been myriad scientific breakthroughs. Richard, a 2022 Abbeville High graduate, wants to be part of furthering advancements that help others, as he has seen those advancements help someone special to him.
“My sister was born with a cleft palate,” Richard said, “which led to her hearing loss.”
She wore traditional hearing aids for years, which Richard said complicated her medical issues.

The Louisiana Military Museum will host its annual Memorial Day Commemoration on Monday, in honor of those service members who are no longer with us. This all-day event is free and open to the public.
The Museum will be open for self-guided tours from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The inaugural Anything Over Rice or Pasta Cook-Off will take place from 12:30-2:30 p.m.