The owners of Budget Home Furnishing, Mitch Fontenot (center left) and David Fontenot (center right) cut the ribbon on their new store at 218 S. Main St. in St. Martinville. Helping with the ceremony are (front row from left) Ruth Fontenot,
BY Sgt. R.T. Ellis (USA Ret.)
sgtbe@centurytel.net
An item on the agenda for today’s (Wednesday) monthly meeting of the St. Martin School Board could have a major impact on the configuration of schools in the Breaux Bridge community.
The cohort graduation rate at St. Martinville Sr. High School jumped from 63.5 percent in 2011 to 85.5 percent last year, marking the largest growth of any high school in Louisiana.
The cohort graduation rate is calculated by considering the number of students who start the 9th grade together and go on to graduate four years later.
Upon the recommendation of the project architect, Glenn Angelle, the St. Martin Parish Library Board voted unanimously, at last night's meeting (11-4-13), to award the building contract, for the new public library in Breaux Bridge, to Cangelosi Ward LLC, a well respected contractor in the Baton Rouge area.