Lafayette Parish School System

Lafayette Parish School System
Location
202 Rue Iberville Lafayette, Louisiana 70508 337-521-7000 Lafayette Parish, Louisiana United States
District information
Type	Public (government funded)
Motto	Strength. Tradition. Excellence.
Grades	K-12
President	Tommy Angelle
Vice-president	Justin Centanni
Superintendent	Francis Touchet
Budget	$798,004,373.00
NCES District ID	2200870
Students and staff
Students	31,000
Other information
Website	www.lpssonline.com

The Lafayette Parish School System (LPSS) or Lafayette Parish School Board (LPSB) is a school district based in Lafayette, Louisiana. The district serves all of Lafayette Parish.

Board members

As of October 2022, the school board consists of 9 members:

• District One: Mary Morrison
• District Two: Tommy Angelle
• District Three: Elroy Broussard
• District Four: Tehmi Chassion
• District Five: Britt Latiolais
• District Six: Justin Centanni
• District Seven: Kate Bailey Labue
• District Eight: Hannah Smith Mason
• District Nine: Don Aguillard

Schools of Choice program

Lafayette Parish School System currently offers sixteen Schools of Choice from grades K-12. These include the following:

Elementary school programs

• Arts & Technology (J. Wallace James)
• Environmental Sciences (L. Leo Judice)
• International Baccalaureate and Project Bright IDEA (J. W. Faulk)
• World Languages Immersion Academy
  • French (Evangeline, Myrtle Place, Prairie)
  • Mandarin Chinese (Corporal Michael Middlebrooks)
  • Spanish (Alice Boucher)

Middle school academies

• Arts Academy (L. J. Alleman)
• Biomedical Academy (Carencro Middle)
• Environmental Sciences Academy (Lafayette Middle)
• World Languages Immersion Academy (Paul Breaux)

High school academies

• Health Academy (Lafayette High School)
• Academy of Business & Finance (Acadiana High School)
• Academy of Engineering (Northside High School & David Thibodaux STEM Magnet Academy)
• Academy of Information Technology - AOIT (Carencro High School)
• Academy of Legal Studies (Northside High School)
• Academy of Visual & Applied Arts (Comeaux High School)
• David Thibodaux STEM Magnet Academy
• Early College Academy

Each one offers something different. A student can get into a school of choice one of two ways; by lottery drawing, or application into the school of choice if slots remain after the lottery takes place. The lottery drawing is conducted in the last week of February, unless holidays interfere.

External links

• Lafayette Parish School System
• Lafayette Parish School System at the Wayback Machine (archive index)