Public Notice: Lafourche
Parish School Board 2020 Redistricting Plan
The Lafourche Parish School
Board, working with the Lafourche Parish Council, has completed the 2020
Redistricting Plan for the upcoming fall elections. The plan, developed by the
South Central Planning and Development Commission, reduces the number of school
board seats from 15 to 9, matching the Parish Council. The boundaries of the
two bodies will now be identical.
Redistricting is required by
state and federal law every 10 years after the results of the Census are
released. This process redraws the election districts in an attempt to balance
the population while striving to maintain neighborhood and community
representation.
A map of the new districts
along with an address lookup can be found here. Copies of maps may also be viewed at the school
board office 805 E 7th Street, Thibodaux, LA 70301. A simplified description of
each district is described below:
District 1 is located in and around Thibodaux. It includes the
Abby Lakes area (east of Abby Road), parts of North Thibodaux, areas to the
west of Jackson Street, areas east of Canal Boulevard and south of East 7th Street, areas
near Rubayat Drive. It also includes all areas south of Acadia Road between
Bayou Lane and Canal Boulevard; areas south of Parish Road between Canal
Boulevard and St. Bernard Street; and all areas south of Talbot Avenue.
District 2 includes all areas west of Waverly Road on the LA 1
side of Bayou Lafourche and Home Cottage Road on the LA 308 side. It also
includes Choupique, Chackbay, Kraemer, and Choctaw.
District 3 is located in and around Thibodaux. It includes Rienzi
Plantation, the Menard Street area, downtown Thibodaux, parts of North
Thibodaux, area between Tiger Drive and Ridgefield Road, and neighborhoods west
of St. Bernard Street.
District 4 includes parts of Thibodaux east of Cardinal Drive. On
LA 308 side of Bayou Lafourche, the district starts at the 12 Cedars
subdivision and extends south to Ariel Plantation. On the LA 1 side, the
district starts at St. Joseph Street and extends south to just past Darwen
Drive.
District 5 includes Bayou Blue, Bayou Folse, and
Point-Aux-Chenes.
District 6 includes Des Allemands and Gheens. On the LA 308 side
of Bayou Lafourche, it runs from Ariel Plantation to Amerada Hess. On the LA 1
side it runs from Four Point Drive to Acadia Drive.
District 7 includes areas in Matthews not in District 6,
Lockport, and Grand Bois.
District 8 includes Larose and Cut Off.
District
9 includes all areas
south of West 106th Street
and East 58th Street.