The following is an email from the American Humanist Association about its school prayer complaint and the response by the St. Mary Parish School District.
Principal Claire Guarisco celebrated with students and staff this morning when she announced Bayou Vista Elementary earned a School Performance Score of A with a score of 104.5. This year marks the first time the school has achieved an A, the highest rating awarded by the state Department of Education.
(The Daily Review Photo by Crystal Thielepape)
The St. Mary Parish school district maintained a B rating despite harder tests, which are part of the state’s long-term transition to higher expectations.
Nevaeh Dufrene, 7, a student at J.B. Maitland Elementary School in Morgan City, practices her handwriting Wednesday in Kristal Eimar’s second grade class.
Many adults remember being taught cursive handwriting in second or third grade.
