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New Vermilion Parish AD gave presentation to school board about paying volunteer coaches

Those who volunteer as coaches in high school and middle school in Vermilion Parish may finally get compensated for all of the work they put in.
Paul Hebert, the assistant superintendent, was recently named the new athletic director of the parish after Mike Dartez retired from education.
One of Hebert’s changes as the new AD is to try and established a pay scale for volunteer coaches or school employees who are coaching but are not teachers.
A teacher is paid 2 to 3 percent of his or her salary to be a coach.

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Vermilion Parish will conduct aerial mosquito spraying

Vermilion Parish Mosquito Control will be applying mosquito adulticide by airplane from time to time, based on mosquito surveillance in various areas of Vermilion Parish.
Most applications will occur at, or immediately after sunset. Early morning applications are possible in the hours preceding dawn.
Aerial adulticiding is used in conjunction with integrated mosquito management to combat nuisance populations of mosquitoes, as wells as the diseases they vector to humans and animals.

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Abbeville Police to hold DWI checkpoint

On the night of Friday, August 18, 2017 the Abbeville Police Department will be conducting a Sobriety Checkpoint looking for impaired drivers and other traffic related offenses. The checkpoint will be conducted between the hours of 9:00 PM and 3:00 AM somewhere within the city limits of Abbeville.
This checkpoint is part of a year-long grant program provided through the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission, designed to improve driver safety and reduce impaired driving.

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Vermilion Parish School board members expected to meet

It sounds like they are all expected to attend for the first time in a few weeks.
The last time that all members of the Vermilion Parish School Board sat together was a month ago for committee meetings.
Monday, starting at 6 p.m., the school board will hold its committee meetings for August.
Since last month’s committee meeting, three regular meetings had to be canceled because there were not enough school board members in attendance. There must be a quorum for a meeting to be officially held.

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Junior Auxiliary of Abbeville members Renee Bertrand and Tayna Istre (blue T-shirts) spoke to the Rotary Club of Abbeville about JA’s Project “Backpack To School Supply” drive.
Rotary member Dr. Anita Carrere, who is also a member of JA, and Rotary President
Thomas Thompson present school supplies to JA, donated by Rotarians.

Project Backpack: Junior Auxiliary of Abbeville looking for school supply donations

School began around Vermilion Parish Thursday morning.
Social media filled with smiling students on their first day. Students settled in their new desks with their new teachers.
It’s an emotional and exciting time.
It can also be a stressful time for some families who, for various reasons, don’t have the means to purchase school supplies and uniforms.
Members of the Junior Auxiliary of Abbeville have worked with other groups recently to make sure that students in Vermilion Parish are going back to school with everything they need.

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