Tangipahoa Parish School Board

Tangipahoa Parish School Board is a school district headquartered in Amite City, Louisiana, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States.

The district serves Tangipahoa Parish.

Robert L. Frye (1927-2011), the Republican nominee for state education superintendent in 1972, was a former member of the Tangipahoa Parish School Board.

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Ann Alexander Smith (right) is a retired teacher, coach, principal of Kentwood High School, Tangipahoa Parish School System supervisor. In 2007 she was elected to represent District A on the Tangipahoa Parish School Board. Here she is shown with Southeastern Louisiana University instructor Dr Birgitta Ramsey as Smith was guest of honor for the 2011 Governor's Cup Banquet of the Kentwood Rotary Club, of which she is a former president.

School uniforms

All students are required to wear school uniforms.

Schools

7-12 schools

• Sumner High School [1] (Unincorporated area)

High schools

• Amite High School [2] (Amite)
• Hammond High School (Unincorporated area)
• Independence High School [3] (Independence)
• Kentwood High School [4] (Kentwood)
• Loranger High School [5] (Unincorporated area)
• Ponchatoula High School [6] (Unincorporated area)

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Four members of the Tangipahoa Parish School Board at a Hammond Chamber of Commerce meeting in 2012: (left to right) Sandra Bailey Simmons, Rose Dominguez, Albert Peter Link, and Brett Duncan

Alternative

• Northwood High School (Amite)
• Tangihapoa Parish PM High School (Hammond)

K-8 schools

• Champ Cooper Elementary School (Unincorporated area)

Alternative

• Southeastern Laboratory School (Hammond)

5-8 schools

• Independence Middle School (Independence)
• Loranger Middle School (Unincorporated area)
• West Side Middle School (Amite)

6-8 schools

• Nesom Middle School (Tickfaw)

Optional

• Crystal Academy (Hammond)

7-8 schools

• Hammond Junior High School (Hammond) (Including Hammond Junior High School Accelerated Magnet Program)
• Ponchatoula Junior High School (Ponchatoula)

Elementary schools

K-6

• Chesbrough Elementary School (Unincorporated area)
• O. W. Dillon Memorial Elementary School (Kentwood)
• Roseland Elementary School (Roseland)
• Spring Creek Elementary School (Unincorporated area)

4-6

• Hammond Eastside Upper School (Unincorporated area)
• Hammond Westside Upper School (Hammond)

5-6

• Martha Vinyard Elementary School (Unincorporated area)

3-5

• Natalbany Elementary School (Unincorporated area)

K-4

• Amite Elementary School (Amite)
• Independence Elementary School (Independence)
• Loranger Elementary School (Unincorporated area)

3-4

• D. C. Reeves Elementary School (Ponchatoula)

1-3

• Hammond Eastside Primary School (Unincorporated area)
• Hammond Westside Primary School (Hammond)

PreK-2

• Midway Elementary School (Unincorporated area)

1-2

• Tucker Elementary School (Ponchatoula)

K

• Perrin Early Learning Center (Ponchatoula)
• Woodland Park Early Learning Center (Hammond)

See also

• Freiler v. Tangipahoa Parish Board of Education

External links

• Tangipahoa Parish School System