One of nine applicants: David Phillips, an assistant superintendent with the East Baton Rouge Parish School System, has applied to become Webster Parish school superintendent. A search committee released the name of Phillips and eight other applicants Monday. Webster Parish officials plan to narrow the list down to three finalists by Aug. 8. Phillips is the director of high schools for the East Baton Rouge school system.
Money will be used to buy property, construct building: Fletcher Technical Community College in Houma is getting $2.7 million to expand. The college plans to use the money to acquire about 38 acres of land and build an academic and administrative building. State officials say the college is now at full capacity and had its largest enrollment in fall 2010. Fletcher is a two-year public community college that was established in 1951 on land donated by the Terrebonne Parish School Board. As a result of hurricanes Gustav and Ike in 2008, four buildings at Fletcher sustained damages of nearly $1 million. The project is being funded by federal money allocated to Louisiana for recovery from the 2008 storms.
