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Cohen Lodge, Kaplan native, outlines school-board priorities in council meeting
Summary
Cohen Lodge, a Kaplan native and candidate for Vermilion Parish School Board District CC, introduced priorities including discipline reform, special education support, career-technical partnerships and transparency during the July Kaplan City Council meeting.
Cohen Lodge introduced himself as a candidate for the Vermilion Parish School Board District CC and told the Kaplan City Council he grew up in the city and graduated from Kaplan High School in 2025. "My name is Cohen Lodge," he said, and described experience on student advisory committees, in grant management, and volunteering with youth programs.
Lodge said he would focus on revising the discipline matrix, improving special education services (noting a family connection to autism), and expanding career-technical education partnerships with local colleges, trade schools and businesses to retain students locally. He also pledged transparency, saying he would post board agendas and notes online and promised fiscal responsibility while acknowledging he could not promise salary increases for teachers immediately.
Lodge closed by asking for support ahead of the school-board election and said he looked forward to working with board members if elected.
