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Terrebonne schools outline summer feeding sites and plan to train paraprofessionals on core curriculum
Summary
Chief Academic Officer Sandra LaRose described a summer feeding application intended to provide lunches (and breakfasts for the following morning) four days a week from May 26 to July 18 at two district sites, and said the district will pay paraprofessionals to attend summer curriculum training.
Sandra LaRose, chief academic officer for the Terrebonne Parish School District, briefed the committee on summer feeding plans and a summer training program for paraprofessionals.
LaRose said the district is preparing a summer feeding application intended to feed students four days each week, beginning May 26 and ending July 18. The plan would use two district cooking and pickup sites—identified in the meeting as Legion (one side of town) and Acadian (the other side)—where parents can pick up lunch and where breakfast will be packaged for the following morning. The district intends to provide hot lunches in a to‑go box format.
At the same time, LaRose said the district will use the summer period to train paraprofessionals on the core curriculum and will pay them to attend. She explained the district has historically trained teachers but is now bringing paraprofessionals—who increasingly support classroom academics—into the training so they can better assist students during the school year.
LaRose said the application is being prepared by Monica Walther and that staff are coordinating with Dr. Taylor on implementation. She said the district feels “pretty confident” the application will be approved and that, if funded, the program would not require outside assistance. District communications will use multiple channels—JCampus phone calls and texts, the district website and paper flyers sent home—to advertise the program.
Mister Ford, committee member, encouraged staff to continue seeking grant funding to sustain summer programming beyond this year if available; he said programs funded through COVID ESSER grants had been particularly beneficial and worth pursuing again.
LaRose said students who do not test on scheduled LEAP days will be assigned Google Classroom work; in the summer‑feeding context she repeated that lunches will be hot and provided in a to‑go box format.
The committee treated the update as informational; no formal action was taken at the meeting.
