FILE:  AC

SCHOOL DISTRICT ORGANIZATION

The schools within the jurisdictional boundaries of the Plaquemines Parish public school district shall be organized into an arrangement that will provide all children in the district an opportunity to develop their educational potential to the maximum extent possible.  The Board shall require the educational organization of the schools to remain flexible so that new patterns of organization may be implemented as may become necessary to suit community needs and resources.

The Board is authorized to reorganize schools and to determine and fix the number of grades to be taught at each school, taking into consideration the dictates of the public and best interests of the students of the district, in accordance with applicable provisions of any court-ordered judgment.

Plaquemines Parish is divided geographically by the Mississippi River into the East Bank and the West Bank.  The structural organization of the Plaquemines Parish School System is also divided with each side of the river having its own unique organizational units.

Revised:  September, 2010

Adopted:  November 1, 2010

Ref:     La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§17:81, 17:151, 17:151.1

Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators, Bulletin 741, Louisiana Department of Education

Plaquemines Parish School Board