Louisiana / School Boards / Bossier Parish
Board members debated a proposed employee and student AI acceptable-use policy and raised concerns about accuracy of detection tools and student due process; a motion to adopt failed when no second was offered, leaving the framework unapproved.
Louisiana / School Boards / Bossier Parish
A security/audit committee approved funding for an access-control project across remaining schools, authorizing BadgePass integration, door readers and site-specific hardware after questions about monitoring and cost variance; the motion passed by voice vote.
Louisiana / School Boards / Bossier Parish
After a market-improvement presentation, the board approved returning the districtto a $500 million total property-insurance limit and accepted additional coverages including a doubled ordinance/law limit and active-assailant/terrorism protections.
Louisiana / School Boards / Bossier Parish
The administrative committee approved amendments to several policies (procurement, emergency management, background checks, behavioral health, advertising), authorized two property listings and moved leftover stadium funds to complete Plain Dealing lighting upgrades; motions passed unanimously on most items.
Louisiana / School Boards / Bossier Parish
Doug Rogers recommended renewing the district's workers' compensation policy with LWCC; the board approved the renewal and heard that the district's experience modifier is 0.64, outperforming the average school system.
Louisiana / School Boards / Bossier Parish
At the Jan. 15, 2026 meeting, Sherry Poole was introduced and installed as president of the Bossier Parish School Board; Poole, a 39-year Bossier Schools veteran, laid out a priority to ensure "every student has a high quality educational experience."
Louisiana / School Boards / Bossier Parish
At the Jan. 15 meeting the board re-approved a training-resolution documenting required member training, approved an arbitrage payment related to 2020 general obligation bonds after counsel explained federal rules, awarded HVAC contracts for Sun City Elementary ($707,000 low bid) and Russian Middle, and voted to enter executive session to discuss an employee matter.
Louisiana / School Boards / Bossier Parish
At its Dec. 4 meeting the Bossier Parish School Board formally introduced Dr. Billy Neal as the newly appointed principal of Bossier High School; Andrea Spinney summarized his background and Neal thanked the board and his family.
Louisiana / School Boards / Bossier Parish
The Bossier Parish School Board named Miss Sherry Poole president and Logan McConathy vice president for 2026 by acclamation during its Dec. 4 meeting. Both officers were unopposed and will assume duties in January when terms take effect.
Louisiana / School Boards / Bossier Parish
The insurance committee recommended adding a Stelara biosimilar program to group insurance effective Jan. 1, 2026, adopting a 30‑day limit for specialty drug fills, and authorized an independent audit contract with BMI starting January 2026; the full board approved these committee recommendations.