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The St. Martin School Board last week unveiled a “scope of work and expenditure breakdown” for the $64.5 million bond proposal members hope parish voters will approve in an April 9 special election.

St. Martin Parish public school students and teachers will have two less holidays for Mardi Gras under the 2016-17 school calendar approved last week by the school board.
The calendar was adopted without discussion after a staff report showed that 58.2 percent of the employees favored the proposal over an alternate calendar.

Beginning Monday, March 14, La. 347 between St. Martinville and Parks will be reduced to one lane in alternating directions for roadway construction.
Alternating lane closures will continue on this section of roadway through the scheduled completion of construction in August 2016. All lanes will be opened at night and on Sundays.