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Abbeville Police Officers Jason Hebert (left) and James Wood stand guard in front of the door where the school board members went into executive secession.

Abbeville Police will no longer provide security at school board meetings

Mon, 07/29/2019 - 12:47pm

The Abbeville Police Department will no longer provide security for School Board meetings.
For the last year, the Abbeville Police Department has been providing the school board with officers who were not on duty. A year ago it only took one officer to attend the meeting. Then this summer, Abbeville Police Chief Bill Spearman said two officers were needed for security.
After Thursday’s meeting, the Chief decided the Abbeville Police Department will not be furnishing anymore off duty officers. He wrote a letter to the school board letting them know.

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Scott Broussard

Scott Broussard announces bid for District 11 seat on Vermilion Parish Police Jury

Mon, 07/29/2019 - 10:57am

Hello friends. My name is Scott Broussard and I would like to announce my candidacy for the District 11 seat on the Vermilion Parish Police Jury.
Being a police juror would be an incredible opportunity for me to serve the people of District 11 and to work with the other members of the Vermilion Parish Police Jury to keep Vermilion parish moving forward.

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Tony Faulk

Tony Faulk seeks seat for Vermilion Parish Police Jury in District 11

Mon, 07/29/2019 - 10:47am

I, Tony Faulk, am running for Police Juror in District 11. I have been a lifelong resident of District 11 for 53 years, and have been married to Angela Faulk for the past 22 years. We have 3 children Justin, Kali and Tyler, as well as 6 grandchildren.
I am a 1984 Abbeville High School graduate and did 2 years of trade school for welding. I have also done many years of coaching baseball in my District. I have been a Member of the Board of Directors for NVYAA for the past 3 years.

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Jerome Puyau talks to crowd.

Puyau put on leave; School Board votes to conduct investigation

Mon, 07/29/2019 - 9:36am

For the second straight year, the Vermilion Parish public school system is expected to start school without a superintendent.
On Thursday, the School Board voted 4-3 to put superintendent Jerome Puyau on administrative leave.
Voting to place him on leave were board president Laura LeBeouf, vice president Kibbie Pillette, Dr. David Dupuis, and Charlotte Detraz.
Voting not to put him on leave were Chris Gautreaux, Jason Roy and Dale Stelly.
Kristy Hebert was absent from the meeting.

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