Angela Lee Bradley new school board member

By a vote of 4-3, the Vermilion Parish School Board named a replacement school board member for the vacant seat in District B.
Two names nominated were Angela Lee Bradley and Kevin Meyers.
Both have lived in the North Vermilion area for at least six years.
The school board members voted by writing down their selection on paper, and then they had to sign the document.
Superintendent Tommy Byler read each ballot and who voted for that person.
Bradley won by one vote.
Voting for Bradley were Laura LeBeouf, Charlotte Detraz, David Dupuis and Kibbie Pillette.
Voting for Meyers were Jason Roy, Kristy Hebert and Dale Stelly.
Bradley signed papers after the school board meeting and will attend her first meeting next month.
With Bradley now on the school board, the board is made up of four men and four women. The women are Hebert, LeBeouf, Detraz and Bradley.
Bradley, 36, has three children who attend school in the North Vermilion area.
“I see that there is a lot I can do from a parent’s perspective,
said Bradley. “I have three young children who are in the school system,”
Bradley said she was approached by someone to fill the seat of Chris Gautreaux. At first, she said, she laughed about the idea of being a school board member.
“Then I thought about how I can make a difference. I am open-minded and I want to hear what people have to say,” Bradley added. “I am not scared of a challenge. I will fight for my community.”
Bradley admits she is aware of what has been happening the last three years dealing with the school board but she does not want to be a part of the old board and its history.
“I do not like drama,” she said.
Bradley will sit in Gautreaux’s old seat for five months until a special election is held.
Qualifying for the District B seat will be held Jan. 26, 27 and January 28 of 2022. The primary election will be held on March 26, 2022 and if there is a runoff, it will be on April 30, 2022.
What happens over the next five months will determine if Bradley runs for the seat in March. She said her children are her life, and she first wants to see how being a mother and a school board member works before she commits 100 percent to enter the race.
Bradley works for Gulf Coast Chemical in Abbeville during the day.
School Board member Jason Roy welcomed Bradley during board commentary at the end of the meeting. And he also gave her some advice.
“You have big shoes to fill,” said Roy." It will be trying at times. I am not sure how much you know what you are getting into. But I wish you luck. It takes a brave person to stand up and say they want to represent their community.
“Remember you are here to represent your area and the children first. Your loyalty is to those people first. You do not make decisions just for your community. You make decisions for the community as a whole,” Roy said.