EPSB: Reapportionment plan is tabled; public hearing to be held

  • Pictured is the proposed plan for Evangeline Parish School Board District 13 shaded in purple. The complete reapportionment plan will be adopted following a public hearing to be set for a later date. (Map courtesy of Mike Hefner)
    Pictured is the proposed plan for Evangeline Parish School Board District 13 shaded in purple. The complete reapportionment plan will be adopted following a public hearing to be set for a later date. (Map courtesy of Mike Hefner)
After outbursts from the public and board members, questions over what is a public hearing or a public meeting, procedural issues, and a 5-4 vote, the Evangeline Parish School Board tabled the proposed reapportionment plan and called for a public hearing to be set for a later date on the issue. Voting to table the proposal were board members Karen Vidrine, Sheila Joseph, Wanda Skinner, Ellis…

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