Beauregard Parish School Board approves budget revision, job-description changes, discipline and hybrid calendars

The Beauregard Parish School Board on March 13 approved a series of motions including a budget revision, new and revised job descriptions, updates to the student handbook discipline provisions and dress code, and the adoption of 4-day and 5-day hybrid calendars for the 2025–26 school year.

Why it matters: The votes authorize staffing changes and policy updates that the superintendent said are intended to strengthen classroom support, maintenance operations and student safety across the parish’s schools.

Votes at a glance - Minutes of the Feb. 13, 2025 regular meeting — Approved. Motion by Mister Arshild; second by Mister Kibito. Mister Bowman abstained. - Budget revision No. 1 for FY2025 — Approved. Motion by Mister Redler; second by Mister Kibito. - Job descriptions (director of federal programs rename, new curriculum coordinator, new maintenance coordinator) — Approved as presented after discussion and clarifications. - Discipline policy revisions (student handbook: add “digital” harassment category; add a fifth-occurrence penalty for electronic device violations leading to indefinite out-of-school suspension pending a hearing; change some deliberate-injury language to 3 days to indefinite OSS pending hearing/possible expulsion) —…