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Board recognizes students and community fundraisers; Walmart, Mary Bird Perkins and St. Jude donations noted
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Summary
The board honored students and staff with district awards, accepted community fundraising totals for Mary Bird Perkins and St. Jude (about $4,528.95 and $4,098.91 respectively), and received a Walmart donation for Champ Cooper Elementary.
The Tangipahoa Parish School Board used its March 17 meeting to recognize district award winners who could not attend the awards night and to acknowledge recent community fundraisers and donations.
Dina Spears announced student and staff award winners from several schools. The board asked awardees and their parents to be recognized in the meeting before moving to the business portion of the agenda.
The board accepted a donation from Walmart tied to an earlier payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement. "We have a Walmart distribution center, about 25 years old now, and we did a pilot ... payment in lieu of taxes," the presenter said while presenting a check to Champ Cooper Elementary.
Administrators also reported fundraising totals: staff said the system raised $4,528.95 for Mary Bird Perkins and $4,098.91 for St. Jude Hospital through recent school-led efforts. Representatives from the Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival (chair Reuben Otter and parade grand marshal Emily McNeely Matisse) described festival hours, parade details for April 11 and entertainment scheduled for the event, and encouraged community attendance.
Board members thanked festival organizers and community partners for revenue the events bring to local schools. The recognitions were ceremonial; no board action was required or taken on these items.
