Louisiana school district rankings released this week reveal that West Feliciana Parish Schools is now the top-performing district in the state, an honor held by the Zachary Community School District for the past several years.
Tipton Associates was engaged by West Feliciana Parish Schools for several transformative bond projects at West Feliciana High School. These improvements include the Career Technical & Education Center, a new gymnasium, and the Freshman Academy—a renovation of the front of the school complex which includes new classrooms, science labs, a Freshman Commons, an administrative suite, and a clearly defined school entrance. “With all this work, we’re aiming to improve the student experience,” said West Feliciana School District Superintendent Hollis Milton.
Thanks to the CTEC, programs including welding, EMR and CNA training, culinary arts, and robotics are now taught on campus, while in the past students had to travel to area technical colleges and could lose hours in the school day.
At the CTEC’s ribbon cutting, then-Governor John Bel Edwards spoke of the positive impact the CTE program, which teaches industry-based credentials, is having on Louisiana’s goal to connect 60% of its residents with postsecondary education. “We don’t have to find them later in life and convince them to come back. They’ll get that education now.”