Calcasieu School Board navigates post-desegregation bond plans

Calcasieu Parish School Board members spent just under an hour in executive session Tuesday night discussing the path forward on parish-wide bonding issues after recent desegregation orders from U.S. District Judge James David Cain. The panel approved a motion to hear behind closed doors a report from the board’s attorney, Gregory Belfour, on how the district may navigate future bonding issues after Judge Cain ordered in August that the district re-evaluate its process for proposing and funding academic facility improvements. After his initial order, Cain granted permission for the district to move forward with its Sulphur bond proposition that was approved by voters this month, and a District 33 bond proposition expected to appear on the ballot this spring. Beyond those projects, the district must create a new plan to fund improvements by February.

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