The Advertiser – Amanda McElfresh
“Hundreds of Lafayette Parish classrooms will have one more student in them next year. In a move that is expected to save the school system close to $4 million, the school board voted 6-3 on April 15 to increase the student-teacher ratio in schools that received a grade of A, B or C from the state last year. Under the new ratios, there will be 24 students per class in kindergarten, first, second and third grades; 26 students per class in fourth grade and 29 students per class in fifth through 12th grades.”(more)