Louisiana / School Boards / Tangipahoa Parish
After describing staff who perform "Handle With Care" duties receive no extra pay, the Tangipahoa Parish School Board voted unanimously Feb. 3 to send a proposed stipend for those staff to the policy committee for review and possible drafting.
Louisiana / School Boards / Tangipahoa Parish
The Tangipahoa Parish School Board on Feb. 3 unanimously approved routine minutes and voted to add a finance-committee item that includes recommendations to increase extracurricular travel stipends and to adjust bus-driver pay; staff said the changes would be effective in August and apply to the current school year.
Louisiana / School Boards / Tangipahoa Parish
The Tangipahoa Parish School Board heard a presentation of the 2024–25 financial audit described in the meeting as "clean, no disagreements with management," and approved a proclamation recognizing February 2026 as School Counselor Week; Superintendent Stilley reported the district employs 41 full-time school counselors and that pre-K applications had opened.
Louisiana / School Boards / Tangipahoa Parish
District staff reported parishwide bathroom renovations, new playgrounds, security gates and athletic-court work and cited a low paving quote of $318,000 for Greenville Park; field overhauls can range from $5,000–$20,000 per site. No formal votes were taken.
Louisiana / School Boards / Tangipahoa Parish
The finance committee approved an administration request to correct the salary schedule and set bus drivers’ pay at $25 per hour (effective August for the coming school year); the motion passed unanimously after a brief staff explanation of a miscommunication.
Louisiana / School Boards / Tangipahoa Parish
Auditors reported an unmodified (clean) opinion on the Tangipahoa Parish School Board’s 2024–25 financial statements, noting a roughly $6 million increase in fund balance year‑over‑year and no internal control deficiencies for federal awards.
Louisiana / School Boards / Tangipahoa Parish
Board member proposed stipends for staff serving on school "Handle With Care" intervention teams; administration estimated about 126 team members and base cost near $189,000 plus roughly 20% for retirement; committee voted to refer the idea to the policy committee for detailed design and cost analysis.
Louisiana / School Boards / Tangipahoa Parish
Finance staff reported December sales-tax gains — the 2¢ rate rose 4.21% (about $264,000) and year-to-date growth of about $2.7 million — and the committee tabled the 2024–25 audit after the auditor ould not attend.
Louisiana / School Boards / Tangipahoa Parish
Board member proposed paying teachers who earned a "highly effective" performance stipend even if they retire before the October payout; counsel warned of state-constitutional and retirement-system limits, and the committee voted to refer the proposal to general counsel for legal review.
Louisiana / School Boards / Tangipahoa Parish
After debate over incumbents and vendor concentration, the committee voted to award two-year grass-cutting contracts to the lowest bidders; an amendment to preserve some current contractors failed.