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Board member announces Caddo Parish School Board fund to help pay infant burials
Summary
Board member Miss Bell announced the Caddo Parish School Board homeless department is maintaining a fund to help provide burials for infants in need and invited board members and the community to show support at a gathering the next morning.
Board member Miss Bell announced on Oct. 21 that the Caddo Parish School Board homeless department has established an account to help cover burial and funeral costs for infants she described during her remarks.
"I just wanna thank everybody, who will contribute to our fund to help bury those babies," Bell said, asking board members to attend a solidarity event the next day between 9 and 11 a.m. and naming Timmy Lane Funeral Home as a partner that will assist with arrangements.
Bell said the effort is intended to help families without insurance or stable housing, and she urged colleagues to show support publicly. Board members asked whether funds in excess of burial costs would go to surviving family members; answers in the meeting were that the homeless department was already assisting the family and that housing had been located for surviving children, but the distribution of excess funds was not specified.
Why it matters: The announcement reflects a district-facing effort to support vulnerable families in the community. The board did not vote or adopt a policy related to the fund at the meeting; Miss Bell asked for board members to show up at a community event to signal district support.
The board did not take formal action on the fund during the Oct. 21 meeting.
