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First‑round interviews for Saint Mary Parish superintendent center on enrollment, CTE and desegregation case
Summary
Three finalists for Saint Mary Parish superintendent presented plans April 30, emphasizing career and technical education, facility consolidation to cut costs, and strategies to reverse accelerating student enrollment declines; the board will decide next steps at its May 7 meeting.
Saint Mary Parish School Board completed its first round of interviews April 30 for the district’s next superintendent, hearing two experienced internal candidates and the interim superintendent outline competing plans to address declining enrollment, budget pressure and an active desegregation case.
Mr. Aina, a 26‑year district educator and current Franklin Junior High School principal who also serves on the parish council, framed the job as balancing three urgent priorities: “academic momentum that must be protected, enrollment and fiscal pressure that must be reversed, and legal reality that must be respected,” he said in his opening remarks. He told the board the district’s October MFP enrollment stood at about 6,720 students and that enrollment has fallen roughly 5% a year, which removes “millions in MFP revenue” from the district.
Aina outlined several near‑term tactics…
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