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Vermilion Parish’s next superintendent will have already worked in the Vermilion Parish school system. That is a guarantee.
This past Tuesday was the final day that the applications for the superintendent position in Vermilion Parish were received.
As early as this week the school board could interview the applicants and approve the hiring of one that same night.
When the mailbox was opened, there were only three applications inside, and all three had Vermilion Parish ties.
The applicants are Brad Prudhomme, Tommy Byler and Paul Hebert.

The Abbeville Rotary Club is making Vermilion Parish public schools safer.
In 2019, Rotary Club raised funds to be able to provide public schools with a security system.
Funds raised totaled $27,000, and in collaboration with the Vermilion Parish School Board, the project began.
A year later, mission accomplished.
This week marked the completion of the Rotary’s School Security Project, which included putting security cameras in high schools of Abbeville, Gueydan, North Vermilion and Erath. Kaplan school led by example and was the first to pilot this process.

Like many other non-profits, the Acadiana Outreach Center’s fundraising events have been affected by COVID-19 restrictions.
Their event Palates and Pate is typically their largest fundraiser of the year and enables them to continue to do their important work in our community, to help those experiencing homelessness.