Negreet is an

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Sabine Parish Sabine Parish ( French: ''Paroisse de la Sabine'') is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 24,233. The seat of the parish is Many. Sabine was one of five parishes created in as many week ...

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, United States. It is located near the intersection of Louisiana Highway 191 and Louisiana Highway 476, just east of the

Toledo Bend Reservoir Toledo Bend Reservoir is a reservoir on the Sabine River between Texas and Louisiana. The lake has an area of 185,000 acres (749 km2), the largest man-made body of water partially in both Louisiana and Texas, the largest in the South, and ...

History

Negreet was founded in 1822 and families began settling in sizeable numbers as the completion of nearby

Fort Jesup Fort Jesup, also known as Fort Jesup State Historic Site or Fort Jesup or Fort Jesup State Monument, was built in 1822, west of Natchitoches, Louisiana, to protect the United States border with New Spain and to return order to the Neutral Strip ...

brought the once lawless "Neutral Strip" under control. The community flourished with farms and plantations until the

Civil War A civil war or intrastate war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies ...

, which devastated the area and displaced many of its residents. In January 2014, the

ACLU The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1920 "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States". T ...

filed suit against the Sabine Parish School Board, Superintendent Sara Erarb, Principal Gene Wright and teacher Rita Roark of

Negreet High School Negreet High School is a K-12 school in the unincorporated community of Negreet in Sabine Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a part of the Sabine Parish School Board. History In January 2014, the ACLU filed suit against the Sabine Parish ...

, alleging officials at one of its schools harassed a sixth-grader because of his

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faith and that the district routinely pushes

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beliefs upon their students. In March 2014, the U.S. District Court ruled against the school board.

Climate

This

climatic Climate is the long-term weather pattern in an area, typically averaged over 30 years. More rigorously, it is the mean and variability of meteorological variables over a time spanning from months to millions of years. Some of the meteorologic ...

region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. According to the

Köppen Climate Classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...

system, Negreet has a

humid subtropical climate A humid subtropical climate is a zone of climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and cool to mild winters. These climates normally lie on the southeast side of all continents (except Antarctica), generally between latitudes 25° and 40° ...

, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.

Education

Public schools in Sabine Parish are operated by the

Sabine Parish School Board The Sabine Parish School Board is an entity responsible for the operation of public schools in Sabine Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is headquartered in the town of Many. History In January 2014, the ACLU filed suit against the Sabine Pa ...

. The community of Negreet is zoned to

(Grades PK-12).

Notable person

Cliff Ammons In geography and geology, a cliff is an area of rock which has a general angle defined by the vertical, or nearly vertical. Cliffs are formed by the processes of weathering and erosion, with the effect of gravity. Cliffs are common on coa ...

, former member of the

Louisiana House of Representatives The Louisiana House of Representatives (french: link=no, Chambre des Représentants de Louisiane) is the lower house in the Louisiana State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Louisiana. This chamber is composed of 105 repr ...

and the "father of

", was born in Negreet in 1918.

References

External links

Sabine Parish

Sabine Parish School District
* Unincorporated communities in Sabine Parish, Louisiana Unincorporated communities in Louisiana {{Louisiana-geo-stub