The Jefferson Parish school system has won the chance to receive an intensive analysis of its educational strategies from the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, a national group known for pushing a ...

The last time the Jefferson Parish public school district took a comprehensive look at its buildings and infrastructure, a consultant concluded the school system did a poor job of using the space ...

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 ...

New Orleans and St. John the Baptist Parish public schools announced that they would still retain the face coverings. Jefferson Parish had previously said that district administrations would ...

JEFFERSON PARISH, La. — Jefferson Parish Public Schools are taking applications for a brand new, entirely virtual public high school for the 2021-2022 school year. After the pandemic gave school ...

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 ...

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 Public Schools have voted to change their rules for funding for the breakfast and lunch program. JP Parish schools have announced that hot breakfast and lunches will be fed to all ...

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 ...