School can’t meet judge’s requirements, superintendent says
Breaux Bridge – Catahoula Elementary School does not meet the requirements U.S. Western District Court Judge Elizabeth Foote set for the school to be reopened in her desegregation ruling for the St. Martin Parish School Board, Superintendent Frederick Wiltz said in explaining the reasons for the school’s closing and possible reopening during a special meeting of the school board this past Wednesday.
Foote ordered the school closed in a 101page decision filed on June 21, 2021. The judge also ordered the school district to implement a magnet program at St. Martinville Primary and at the Early Learning Center, which are now the St. Martin STEAM Academy and Early STEAM Academy, respectively.
