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Committee approves renaming Ponchatoula High counseling suite for Denise Latour
Summary
The capital outlay committee approved renaming the Ponchatoula High School guidance counselor suite to the Denise Latour Counseling Center and requested a plaque recognizing her contributions; members hope to unveil the change by the start of the school year.
The capital outlay committee approved renaming the guidance counselor suite at Ponchatoula High School the Denise Latour Counseling Center, after a board member presented a request citing Latour’s districtwide work on student mental health and counseling practices. The transcript records a motion and shows the committee’s outcome as “motion carries.”
A board member who introduced the item described Denise Latour as the head counselor at Ponchatoula High School who played a leading role in shaping counseling services across the district, saying she “was…a champion across our parish for mental health, for our counseling center.” The presenter said he had discussed the renaming with the Ponchatoula principal and that administration supported the request. He also said the committee discussed installing a plaque to explain why Latour was honored and proposed unveiling the renamed counseling center at the start of the next school year.
Committee members moved and seconded the item and voted to approve. The transcript does not include a roll-call tally in the provided excerpt. The committee adjourned the capital outlay portion of the meeting after the item passed.
