GONZALES Ascension Parish school district staff are preparing flyers, direct mail and media ads to bring information to the public about the property tax extension proposal on the May 9 ballot.

DONALDSONVILLE The Ascension Parish School Board agreed Tuesday to call a special election on May 9, 2020, asking voters to extend an existi

If approved, an existing 15.08-mill property tax would be extended for 20 years to fund $140 million in school construction, including a $79.5 million high school in Prairieville, a $27 million makeover of East Ascension High School and $7.5 million to install artificial turf in the stadiums at each of the four high schools, as well as the new one coming to Prairieville.

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GONZALES After studying and fine-tuning a list of proposed school construction projects, the Ascension Parish School Board's Strategic Plann

Jackie Tisdell, the school system's public information officer, told the board's strategic planning committee on Tuesday that the school district has completed 138 construction projects in the last 10 years.

"We had at least one construction project on every single campus across the district" over those years, she said.

Information on those projects will be included in the campaign.

Open house meetings for the public to learn more about the bond election will be held on:

The early voting period for the May 9 election is April 25 to May 2.

Also on Tuesday, Superintendent David Alexander announced that board member Pat Russo has been named president-elect of the Louisiana School Boards Association.

Two board staff promotions were also announced: Chad Lynch, formerly the director of planning and construction, has been named chief operational director, and Jeff Parent, formerly supervisor of maintenance, has been named director of planning and construction.

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Ascension school officials ready information campaign for voters before May 9 bond election - The Advocate