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L.J. Alleman Middle School is a place where academic learning and artistic expression w...

Read Article Discover the Arts and More at L.J. Alleman Middle School

Live Oak Elementary offers students an exciting educational pathway through its Sp...

Read Article Experience Spanish Immersion at Live Oak

Prairie Elementary offers students a unique educational path through its French Immersi...

Read Article Growing Through French at Prairie Elementary

Early College Academy (ECA) offers students an academic experience unlike any othe...

Read Article Opportunity Abounds at Early College Academy

At Charles M. Burke Elementary, students have the opportunity to grow as confident...

Read Article Opportunity Through Spanish at Burke

In 2023, LPSS partnered with educators, families, and community members to answer an im...

Read Article The LPSS Core Report: What It Is and Why It Matters

Social media is part of daily life for many students, especially teenagers. While these...

Read Article Cyberbullying: What Parents Should Know

The Lafayette Parish School Board has approved the construction of a new K-8 school on ...

Read Article LPSS Builds Momentum with New Northside School and Systemwide Investments

By any measure, a school is more than its walls. It is memory. It is movement. It is th...

Read Article The Shape of Care: How Facility Improvements Are Quietly Reshaping the Culture of Our Schools

Lafayette Parish School System is making major investments in the future of our schools...

Read Article Investing in Our Schools: Building a Culture of Pride

During the 2025 State of the District Address, Superintendent Francis Touchet, Jr. anno...

Read Article Lafayette Parish School System Unveils First-Ever Core Report

Lafayette High School senior Rudra Karadkhelkar has been named a 2025 FIRST Championshi...

Read Article Lafayette High Senior Wins Global Robotics Award

At Westside Elementary, building confidence and celebrating growth is part of daily lif...

Read Article Celebrating Growth: Westside Students Strive to Be Super Improvers

Alice Boucher Elementary is opening the 2025–26 school year with a new distinctio...

Read Article "ACE-ing" Opportunity: Alice Boucher Embraces Model for Student Success

The wait is over for Southside High School football fans. On Friday, students learned t...

Read Article Culture Wave: Sharks Rule the Reef This Season

The Lafayette Parish School Board has approved a $2,000 stipend for every Lafayette Par...

Read Article LPSS Employees to Receive $2,000 Stipend in September

Acadiana High School has received a new automated external defibrillator (AED) and alar...

Read Article Ochsner Lafayette General Donates AED to Acadiana High Stadium

Dear LPSS Families, Staff, and Community, The 2025–26 school year is officiall...

Read Article From the Superintendent: Building Connections, Boosting Success

The Lafayette Parish School System (LPSS) is now accepting applications for the Special...

Read Article LPSS Seeking Applicants for Special Education Advisory Council

High school football season gets underway with the annual Kiwanis Lafayette Footba...

Read Article Lafayette Teams Hit the Gridiron August 28 & 29

We know it can be unsettling to receive a message that your child’s school is in ...

Read Article Safety Speak: Making Sense of School Crisis Codes

The Lafayette Parish School System (LPSS), in partnership with Lafayette 911, hosted a ...

Read Article Mapping Safety: LPSS and Lafayette 911 Launch a State of the Art System

As Lafayette High School prepares to open its brand-new campus to students on Thursday,...

Read Article Lafayette High School Releases Updated Traffic Pattern for 2025–2026

When Lafayette High School students arrive for the 2025–26 school year, they won&...

Read Article Growth Realized: The New Mighty Lions Den

Love Our Schools has launched its 4th Annual Giveaway, giving supporters the chance to ...

Read Article Driving Opportunity: Big Prizes, Bigger Impact