Applications are due Thursday to lead Jefferson Parish schools, Louisiana's largest public school system. Jefferson's deputy superintendent, Michelle Blouin-Williams, has already applied for the ...

Should the next Jefferson Parish public schools superintendent support collective bargaining for employees? How many years of teaching experience should the leader have? These are among the ...

Jefferson Parish School Board have announced potential major changes coming to its public schools for the 2023-24 school year due to a significant drop in school enrollment throughout the parish ...

The Jefferson Parish Public Schools system has 140 teacher openings ahead of the first day of school. At the start of the 2023-2024 school year, the district had 200 teacher vacancies. According ...

During visits to schools, Jefferson Parish School Board members and district ... the CDC, and local public health officials. We used input from our families, educators, and community members ...

Smith Law Clinic at Loyola University and the SPLC filed a lawsuit against the school board in September 2023. The lawsuit claimed Jefferson Parish Public Schools “refused to enroll a 14-year ...

JEFFERSON PARISH, La. — Jefferson Parish Public Schools Superintendent Dr. James Gray has announced the delay in parish schools opening until Aug. 26 when he says a rapid, 15-minute test will be ...

JEFFERSON PARISH, La. — The school year ended at Washington Elementary at 2:35 p.m. on a hot May afternoon, but one hour later, 9-year-old Malaysia Robertson lingered outside. She had spent most ...

Jefferson Parish public schools will remained closed until Thursday, with about two dozen campuses in need of power as of Monday afternoon.Superintendent James Meza said he had hoped to resume ...

Meanwhile, in the New Orleans area, Orleans Parish public schools and Jefferson Parish public schools each earned an overall C. The school grading system is different this year, and essentially ...