West Feliciana Parish Public Schools
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West Feliciana Parish Public Schools (WFPPS) or West Feliciana Parish School Board (WFPSB) is a school district headquartered in St. Francisville, Louisiana, United States.[1]
The district serves residents of West Feliciana Parish, including St. Francisville,[2] Bains, Tunica, Wakefield, and the residences of the Louisiana State Penitentiary (Angola).
As of 2012 it was the school district in Louisiana with the third-highest level of academic performance, after the Zachary Community School Board and the New Orleans Public Schools campuses not within the Recovery School District.[3]
School uniforms
All WFPPS schools have mandatory school uniforms.[4][5][6][7][8]
Schools
All of the schools are located in unincorporated areas.
- Secondary schools
- West Feliciana High School [1] (Bains)
- West Feliciana Middle (Bains)
- The newest school, WFMS opened in 1999. Upon opening it was accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.[9]
- Primary schools
- 2nd Grade-5th Grade: Bains Elementary School (Bains)
- Preschool-1st Grade: Bains Lower Elementary School (Bains)
- Former schools
- Preschool-5th Grade: Tunica Elementary School (Tunica)
- The Tunica Elementary building is in proximity to the Louisiana State Penitentiary (LSP),[11] being 4 miles (6.4 km) from the facility. During its life about 125 students attended the school.[9] Before its closure, it had 110 students.[10] Many Tunica Elementary students lived on the premises of LSP.[12] On May 18, 2011, due to budget cuts, the parish school board voted to close Tunica Elementary.[13]
References
- ^ "Locations." West Feliciana Parish Public Schools. Retrieved on October 12, 2010. "4727 Fidelity Street St. Francisville, LA 70775"
- ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: West Feliciana Parish, LA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved March 9, 2024. - Text list. All locations in West Feliciana Parish are in the school district: the map only shows the location of St. Francisville and not the unincorporated areas.
- ^ Minton, James. "W. Feliciana schools celebrate gains." The Advocate. December 7, 2012. Retrieved on March 23, 2013. "West Feliciana, as a district, moved into the ranks of A-rated districts in the second year of the state’s letter-grade labeling program and maintained its position as the third-highest performing district in the state, behind Zachary and the Orleans Parish schools that are not in the state-run Recovery School District."
- ^ West Feliciana High School Handbook. West Feliciana Parish Public Schools. 15/26.
- ^ West Feliciana Middle School Handbook. West Feliciana Parish Public Schools. 6.1 (34/58)
- ^ Tunica Elementary School Handbook. West Feliciana Parish Public Schools. 7/15.
- ^ Bains Lower Elementary School Handbook. West Feliciana Parish Public Schools. 5/6
- ^ "Bains Elementary School Handbook. West Feliciana Parish Public Schools. 17/51.
- ^ a b c "West Feliciana Parish School System Profile." (Archive) West Feliciana Parish School System. 3. Retrieved on February 18, 2012.
- ^ a b Lussier, Charles. "Officials say they try to keep cuts out of classrooms." The Advocate. Retrieved on February 18, 2012.
- ^ "Complaints build over cutbacks, board says." The Advocate. August 18, 1992. Retrieved on August 16, 2010. "John Cobb and Billy Bishop asked board members to overturn a staff decision to reassign their children to Tunica Elementary located near Angola..."
- ^ "Fair enlivens out-of-the-way school." The Advocate. May 18, 1991. Retrieved on August 16, 2010. "Tunica Elementary is only a few miles from the main gate of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola and many of its students live on the 18000acre prison"
- ^ Rivas, Brittany (May 18, 2007). "West Feliciana board closes elementary school". WBRZ. Archived from the original on June 30, 2014. Retrieved February 18, 2012.
