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In one of the most extended school board meetings in 20 years, (8 hours total over two days), the school board agreed on dates for the start of the 2020-21 school year.
The original plan was to start school on Aug. 10, which is less than three weeks away. However, because of the central office’s recommendation, the school board voted to push the starting date back to Aug. 31.
First grade through fifth-grade students will report to campus every day.

The number of students who want to attend Virtual Vermilion School in the district is growing each day.
As of Tuesday afternoon, 1,000 students have enrolled in Vermilion’s virtual school in the parish. Enrollment will continue through July 27. By that time, there could be more than 1,200 students enrolled.
Assistant superintendent Ellen Arceneaux, who is in charge of curriculum for the school district, informed the school board that 1,000 students have enrolled in the virtual school district as of Monday.

A group of Abbeville citizens hope to save the old James A Herod building built in the late 1950s.
At 6 o'clock tonight at the McKinely Scott Park in Abbeville, Cathy Walker and others will make a plea to save the historical school building located on Martin Luther King Drive.
The building, which is not occupied, has sat empty for the last couple of years. It has not been a public school in more than 20 years.
At the gathering tonight, a group of Abbeville citizens will explain their long-term plans to repair the old Herod school.