Why does the vice president of the caddo parish school board feel its time to change?”
Today is the first day of school in the Caddo Parish School District. It’s also the first day of what will be a telling school year for the district. With competition from charter schools, loss of confidence among some parents and working to increase state test scores, it may be the year the district shows how it will change. But is it too little too late? “It’s the right time to change,” said Lillian Priest, vice president of the Caddo Parish School Board. “We are evolving in technology and in new ways of learning. Some people say you should have changed 10 years ago.
