Tangipahoa Parish School Board is a school district headquartered in Amite City, Louisiana, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Robert L. Frye (1927-2011), the Republican nominee for state education superintendent in 1972, was a former member of the Tangipahoa Parish School Board.
History The Board has a long history of racial discrimination in the hiring of teachers. In 1975, it was ordered to ensure one-third of the teaching staff were Black. Both the Board and the Court ignored the mandate for more than thirty years. During the period from 1998 to 2008, the Board hired fewer Black teachers than any other school system in the state. In 2010, a second ruling strengthened the first.
In 1994, the Board adopted a requirement that a disclaimer be read aloud before any instruction on the theory of evolution. Local parents sued. In 2000, the Supreme Court declined to revise a lower court ruling striking down the policy.
School uniforms All students are required to wear school uniforms."Dress Code and Uniform Regulations ." Tangipahoa Parish School Board.
Schools
NameTypeLocation2017 letter grade2016 letter gradeNotesAmite Elementary Magnet SchoolElementary/middleCCAmite High Magnet SchoolHighAmiteCDAmite Westside Middle MagnetElementary/middleDDChamp Cooper Elementary SchoolElementary/middleCCChesbrough Elementary SchoolElementary/middleBCO.W. Dillon Leadership AcademyElementary/middleDFGreenville Park Leadership AcademyElementary/middleFDHammond Eastside MagnetElementary/middleCCHammond High Magnet SchoolHighHammondCCHammond Westside MontessoriElementary/middleDFIndependence High Magnet SchoolHighIndependenceDDIndependence Leadership AcademyElementary/middleDCIndependence MagnetElementary/middleDDKentwood High Magnet SchoolCombinationKentwoodCCLoranger Elementary SchoolElementary/middleDCLoranger High SchoolHighLorangerBCLoranger Middle SchoolElementary/middleCCMidway Elementary SchoolElementary/middleDDNatalbany MiddleElementary/middleCDPerrin Early Learning CenterElementary/middleCCPonchatoula High SchoolHighPonchatoulaBBPonchatoula Junior High SchoolElementary/middleCBD.C. Reeves Elementary SchoolElementary/middleCCRoseland MontessoriElementary/middleCCSoutheastern LA University Lab SchoolElementary/middleAASpring Creek Elementary SchoolElementary/middleBCJewel M. Sumner High SchoolHighKentwoodCCJewel M. Sumner Middle SchoolElementary/middleBCTangipahoa Alternative Solutions ProgramCombinationFFTucker Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary/middleCCMartha Vinyard Elementary SchoolElementary/middleCBWoodland Park MagnetElementary/middleFC
See also Freiler v. Tangipahoa Parish Board of Education
References
External links Tangipahoa Parish School System