Last night, the Lafayette School Board voted to issue Superintendent Pat Cooper a letter of reprimand. Cooper received the letter following the three-month controversy over the hire of his special assistant.

Cooper acknowledged their was an error in the checking of Special Assistant for Facilities, Grounds, Transportaion and Maintenance Thad Welch's resume, but board member Greg Awbrey still wanted to make sure a letter of reprimand was placed in Cooper's personnel file.