FILE:  AC

SCHOOL DISTRICT ORGANIZATION

The schools within the DeSoto Parish public school district shall be organized into an arrangement that will provide all children in the district an opportunity to develop their educational potential to the maximum extent possible.  The School Board shall require the educational organization of the schools to remain flexible so that new patterns of organization may be implemented as may become necessary to suit community needs and resources.

The School Board is authorized to reorganize schools and to determine and fix the number of grades to be taught at each school, taking into consideration the dictates of the public and best interests of the students of the district, in accordance with applicable provisions of any court-ordered judgement.

Approved:  June, 2003

Ref:    La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§17:81, 17:151, 17:151.1

Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators, Bulletin 741, Louisiana Department of Education

DeSoto Parish School Board