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District presents STEAM magnet implementation report to school board; court consent order cited
Summary
St. Martin Parish Schools presented an end-of-year STEAM magnet report required by a consent order, highlighting staff hires, rising enrollment and demographic targets, expanded after-school programs, and transportation and facility work. Board members discussed expansion and next steps.
St. Martin Parish Schools presented the required end-of-year report on its STEAM magnet academies, emphasizing staffing, enrollment growth and progress toward desegregation goals.
The report, presented by a district representative (identified in the record as Speaker 6), said the magnet program was implemented under a court consent order and aims to achieve unitary status. The presenter credited Judge Elizabeth Foote and plaintiffs' experts for facilitating the plan and outlined hires including "Dr. John Downs" as magnet coordinator. The presentation enumerated curricular, recruitment and facility steps taken since opening the STEAM schools.
The district reported enrollment gains. One site rose from 303…
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