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Officials report uptick in disciplinary incidents and near‑capacity at student placement sites
Summary
Child‑welfare and attendance updates noted a seasonal rise in discipline incidents, site capacity pressures at middle‑school placement locations, and recent attendance at a Thibodaux court session; staff provided headcounts for several sites and said more court dates are scheduled in April.
A child‑welfare and attendance update at the Lafourche Parish meeting reported an increase in disciplinary incidents and pressure on student placement and attendance sites.
The presenter described a seasonal uptick in disciplinary matters and said two middle‑site locations and the North site were nearing capacity. The transcript records counts referenced during the update: 29 (late ticket/attendees at one site as stated), 34 assigned to another site, 16 at the central site, and 6 at the south site (these figures are presented in the meeting record as the speaker gave them). The presenter said the district moved into an additional classroom at a central location to cope with numbers.
On court activity, the speaker said a court was held in Thibodaux today (the transcript says it was held there because the city court 'didn't work well') and that 18 people attended today’s session; additional court dates were scheduled in April.
The presenter did not propose a board motion on these items during the meeting; the updates were informational. Staff said they hope to manage with current staffing and an added classroom but noted concern about trends going forward.
Next steps: staff will continue to monitor site capacity and scheduled court dates; no formal board action was taken at this meeting.
