Lafayette Schools Receive Second Straight Failing Grade
<p>For the second straight year both Alice Boucher and J.W. Faulk Elementary schools in Lafayette have been deemed academically unacceptable by the state. <br /> <br />Both schools received an "F" from the state this past school year. The schools scores are based on the Leap and ILeap testing at the end of the school year.</p><p>Superintendent Pat Cooper says the blame doesn't fall on the students, but on him.</p><p>Previously, both schools had received enhanced teaching and support staff as part of Cooper's "Turnaround" plan, but those resources were later lost as needs were addressed elsewhere.
