green t. lindon

A Youngsville teacher was given a national award of excellence worth $25,000 from the Milken Foundation Wednesday.

All extra-curricular activities have been canceled.

Though a contingent of parents agree that rezoning schools from Youngsville to Broussard is imminent, the Lafayette Parish School Board voted to move the affected students sooner than they would like.

The construction is needed at the school that has seen multiple portable buildings added to the campus over the past several years.

Disagreement arose Wednesday night between Lafayette Parish School System Dr. Pat Cooper and Lafayette Parish School Board members over expansion plans for Green T. Lindon Elementary School in Youngsville.

Kyle Bordelon, school district facilities planning director, says the council's decision doesn't affect the Lindon project because a permanent classroom wing addition will be built on School Board-owned property and not on the donated land.

The bidding for the Green T. Lindon project could go out in the next two to four weeks, as more space is needed for the school.