The LHSAA’s annual convention gets underway today and on Friday high school principals will vote on a proposal to end the select-nonselect split. LHSAA Director Eddie Bonine says putting a multiplier on the enrollment of private schools so they have to play up in classification is one idea to appease public schools who feel they are at a disadvantage..
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The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities has developed a curriculum for public schools that uses Louisiana music and culture as a supportive element for teaching English. Vice President of Content Erin Greenwald says current curriculum only covers the roots of jazz in New Orleans…
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Teachers who are interested in finding out more should go to 64-parishes-dot-org.

A Lake Charles couple has been arrested for cruelty to a juvenile after they brought a three-year-old boy to a local hospital covered from head to toe with bruises in various stages of healing. Jessica Matthews and Tyler Laborde, both 26-years-old, have been arrested and Calcasieu Sheriff Tony Mancuso says if you know about child abuse going on at a home, report it immediately to authorities….
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Mancuso says there’s a chance the child will not survive from his injuries.

Law enforcement is looking for a double homicide suspect identified as Jessie James Petite (P-T). Natchitoches Police Officer John Greely says they believe the 21-year-old shot three people, killing two of them and a motive is not known…
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Petite is considered armed and dangerous.