Student attendance has become a key focus in Louisiana’s education system, with the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE), the Louisiana Department of Education, and the state Legislature working to address rising truancy and chronic absenteeism. BESE Vice President Stacey Melerine (mel-uh-REEN) says in the 2023-24 school year, the truancy rate reached 41-percent, and students were absent an average of 11 days.
Cut 6 (09) “…grow as students.”
It’s going to warm up this weekend, but by no means should you be putting that winter jacket away just yet. Some parts of South Louisiana will see temperatures in the 70s this weekend. LSU Public Health Climatologist Barry Keim says then comes a big change.
Cut 9 (07) “…really cold air.”
The investigation continues into Saturday’s mass shooting in Webster Parish that injured six people, two of them critically. Andrew Greenstein reports.