For the second straight year both Alice Boucher and J.W. Faulk Elementary schools in Lafayette have been deemed academically unacceptable by the state.

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.

Superintendent Pat Cooper says the blame doesn't fall on the students, but on him.

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.