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The Zachary Community School System was founded in 2002 and was formed from schools that had been located in the East Baton Rouge Parish School District. [5] The schools in this system are located within the City of Zachary; however, the school district boundaries include areas outside of the incorporated City of Zachary.
Zachary High School was established in 1912. It was segregated. The Rosenwald Fund helped establish a school for African Americans, Zachary Colored School, in 1934, but there was no public high school open to African Americans in Zachary until 1954.
Pope John Paul II Catholic High School was established in 1980, under the leadership of Archbishop Philip Hannan. [2] The first Principal of Pope John Paul II (PJP) was Glenn Gennaro.
It was established in 1922. The founding of a University-based school was the realization of Dr. J.S. Clark’s dream that a strong training school should be established to provide a training ground for Southern University students enrolled in the teacher preparation program.
The district requires all students to wear school uniforms, except those attending Baton Rouge Magnet High School and Liberty Magnet High School. [3]The district also partners with The Cinderella Project of Baton Rouge, a charity that provides free prom dresses to public high school students who cannot otherwise afford them.
[4] [better source needed] In 2018–2019, more than 2,370 students graduated and they received a combined $100 million in scholarships and TOPS funding. During the same school year, STPPS students earned 15,519 dual enrollment credit hours and 5,261 industry-based certifications earned in career tech programs.
In 1981 it had about 61,000 students and 75 schools. By 2012 it had 81 schools but about 46,000. That year there was a proposal to close seven schools. [5] Of the nine the Jefferson Parish School Board members, eight voted in favor of the closures and one voted against. [6]
The Calcasieu Parish School Board (CPSB) is a school district based in Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States.The CPSB operates all public schools in Calcasieu Parish, including the city of Lake Charles.