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Board reelects vice president, moves meetings to Thursdays and adopts MLK and board recognition resolutions
Summary
The Lafayette Parish School Board opened nominations for leadership, confirmed a vice president, moved regular meetings from Wednesday to Thursday beginning Feb. 20, 2025, and adopted two ceremonial resolutions recognizing Martin Luther King Jr. Day and School Board Recognition Month.
At the Jan. 8 meeting the Lafayette Parish School Board opened nominations for board president and vice president for 2025. Nominations for vice president produced a single nominee and the board confirmed Miss Mason as vice president for 2025.
Board president elect (nominations for president were opened during the meeting but no formal roll‑call vote was recorded in the transcript.) The board president stated meetings will move from Wednesdays to Thursdays for 2025; the president said February’s meeting will move from Feb. 19 to Feb. 20, but the meeting start time will remain 5 p.m. District staff were directed to post the schedule change on the district website and social media.
Nut graf: The leadership and calendar changes are procedural but important for public notice; the board also adopted two resolutions recognizing Martin Luther King Jr. Day and School Board Recognition Month.
Board member Miss Trahan read a resolution (01‑025‑2111) supporting Jan. 20, 2025 as the national holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and directed administrators and teachers to observe the day with classroom activities. The board also adopted resolution 01‑023‑2052 declaring January 2025 as School Board Recognition Month to acknowledge board members’ service; the resolution text was certified by Francis Touchett Jr. as secretary/treasurer.
A motion to approve items on the consent agenda (items not pulled) was made and the board approved that grouped motion; the secretary announced, “84 none against.” Several items were pulled for individual discussion earlier in the meeting.
Ending: The board’s administrative and calendar decisions were procedural; staff were assigned to publicize the new Thursday meeting schedule and to ensure district systems reflect the closures for MLK Day.
