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Acadia Parish School Board
Acadia Parish School Board is a school district headquartered in Crowley, Louisiana, United States. The district serves all of Acadia Parish. Current Board members *District One – Dr. James W. Proctor *District Two – Douglas J. LaCombe *District Three – Delo Hebert, Jr. *District Four – Rebecca Foux Atkinson *District Five – Steve Jones *District Six – Ike Richard *District Seven – James Higginbotham *District Eight – Milton R. Simar Notable board members * John Travis Nixon (1867-1909), publisher of what became ''The Crowley Post Signal'' School uniforms Beginning in the 1999–2000 school year the school district requires all students to wear school uniforms." ''Acadia Parish School Board''. Schools Preschool Central Rayne Kindergarten( Rayne) Crowley Kindergarten(Crowley) Elementary schools Branch Elementary(Branch)Church Point Elementary( Church Point)Egan Elementary(Egan)Estherwood Elementary( Estherwood)Evangeline Elementary(Evangeline)Iota Ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crowley, LA
Crowley (Local pronunciation: ) is a city in, and the parish seat of, Acadia Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. At the 2020 United States census, Crowley had a population of 11,710. Crowley is the principal city of the Crowley micropolitan statistical area, which includes all of Acadia Parish. It is also part of the larger Lafayette–Acadiana combined statistical area. History Crowley was founded in 1886 by C.C. Duson and W.W. Duson. Incorporated in 1887, W.W. Duson, General Manager of Southwest Louisiana Land Company, plotted and developed Crowley. W.W. Duson's daughter, Maime Duson, married Percy Lee Lawrence, who founded the First National Bank of Crowley. The 7-story building was once the tallest building between Houston and New Orleans. They lived with their three children, P.L. Jr., Pattee, and Jack at 219 East 2nd Street. The house was burned down in a fire a few years later. The town was named after Pat Crowley, an Irish railroad owner who brought the railroad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |