Questionable Hire Has Past Ties to LPSS

KATC was the first to uncover, Thad Welch was on the payroll before officially being hired as the Superintendent's Special Assistant.

In a KATC investigation, we uncovered before Thad Welch got the job as Special Assistant to Superintendent Pat Cooper, without a high school diploma, he worked for the Lafayette Parish School Board as a consultant.

In January last year, Welch began working as a contract employee for LPSS at $320 per day plus $180 per diem for a total of $500 a day.