Now that Louisiana’s stay-at-home order will officially expire Friday, high schools in Lincoln Parish have released their plans to hold inperson graduation ceremonies in the coming weeks, though they may look different than in past years.
The Lincoln Parish School Board will conduct another public meeting via the video conferencing app Zoom and streamed live on Facebook Tuesday as a result of the coronavirus stayat-home order. Many of the items on the board’s agenda are related to losses in revenue caused by the virus shutdowns.
The Lincoln Parish School Board is slated to receive $2.3 million in federal relief funding to help improve schools’ distance learning efforts and student access to technology in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
GRAMBLING — Grambling State University has announced student eligibility guidelines for Congress’ Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
At 46 years, Patrice Hilton is just shy of half a century in service as an educator. However, with schools closed amidst the coronavirus stay-at-home orders, that celebration will ultimately be bittersweet.
Pictured are yard signs displayed on the Cedar Creek School (at top) and Choudrant High School (at bottom) campuses Friday morning honoring each graduating senior in the Class of 2020.
Schools in Lincoln Parish are now in their third week since distance learning efforts ramped up across the district. At the parish’s largest school, Ruston High Principal Dan Gressett said he has been encouraged by student participation thus far, but he doesn’t expect it to rise to the same level as before schools closed their doors on March 16.
Louisiana Tech University announced Tuesday a pair of coronavirus-related measures: spring commencement ceremonies will be moved to late summer, while the first half of summer classes will remain online-only.
DUBACH — With Louisiana school closures now extended through the end of the academic year, Lincoln Parish schools continue to provide online and hard copy distance learning resources for students to continue their education. But for subjects like art, that may have to look a little different than it does for core classes.
The National Science Foundation recently awarded Louisiana Tech University a $1.2 million Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program grant to foster computer science education in north Louisiana.
