Lafayette Parish students may have departed for summer vacation last week, but a group of Katharine Drexel Elementary students and teachers gathered on campus Thursday to toss dirt and kick off construction on the school’s new 25,000-square-foot classroom wing.
Katharine Drexel faculty members, Lafayette Parish School System representatives and Broussard city officials gathered to celebrate the groundbreaking of the $6.9 million project Thursday morning. The wing addition will take the place of 20 portable classrooms on the elementary campus. READ FULL STORY
