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.<\/p>\n
DONALDSONVILLE The Ascension Parish School Board agreed Tuesday to call a special election on May 9, 2020, asking voters to extend an existi<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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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<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
\"We had at least one construction project on every single campus across the district\" over those years, she said.<\/p>\n
Information on those projects will be included in the campaign.<\/p>\n
Open house meetings for the public to learn more about the bond election will be held on:<\/p>\n
The early voting period for the May 9 election is April 25 to May 2.<\/p>\n
Also on Tuesday, Superintendent David Alexander announced that board member Pat Russo has been named president-elect of the Louisiana School Boards Association.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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