West Feliciana Parish Public Schools
{{Short description|School district in Louisiana, United States}}
{{redirect|WFP Schools|other uses|WFPS (disambiguation)}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{primary sources|date=August 2009}}
File:WestFelicianaschoolsentrance.JPG]]
{{Infobox school
|name = West Feliciana High School
|image = File:West Feliciana (LA) High School.jpg
|streetaddress = 8604 U.S. Highway 61
|city = St. Francisville
|state = Louisiana
|county = (West Feliciana Parish)
|zipcode = 70775
|country = USA
|coordinates = {{Coord|30.826292|-91.384202|type:edu_region:US-LA|display=inline,title}}
|headmaster =
|principal = Karolyn Taylor
|district =
|motto =
|fightsong =
|established =
|type = Public high school
|enrollment_as_of = 2023-24
|colors = Royal blue and white{{Cite web|title=LHSAA Coaches Directory 2023-24|url=https://www.lhsaa.org/siteuploads/editorimg/file/2023%20Alignments/LHSAA%20Coaches%20Directory%202023.pdf|access-date=2024-12-29|website=LHSAA.org|language=en-US}}
{{color box|royalblue}} {{color box|white}}
|mascot =
|yearbook =
|conference =
|website = {{url|https://www.wfpsb.org/o/wfhs|West Feliciana High School}}
}}
West Feliciana Parish Public Schools (WFPPS) or West Feliciana Parish School Board (WFPSB) is a school district headquartered in St. Francisville, Louisiana, United States."[http://www.wfpsb.org/District/district_contact.html Locations]." West Feliciana Parish Public Schools. Retrieved on October 12, 2010. "4727 Fidelity Street St. Francisville, LA 70775"
The district serves residents of West Feliciana Parish, including St. Francisville,{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st22_la/schooldistrict_maps/c22125_west_feliciana/DC20SD_C22125.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: West Feliciana Parish, LA|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2024-03-09}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st22_la/schooldistrict_maps/c22125_west_feliciana/DC20SD_C22125_SD2MS.txt Text list]. All locations in West Feliciana Parish are in the school district: the map only shows the location of St. Francisville and not the unincorporated areas. Bains, Tunica, Wakefield, and the residences of the Louisiana State Penitentiary (Angola).
As of 2012 it was the school district in Louisiana with the third-highest level of academic performance, after the Zachary Community School Board and the New Orleans Public Schools campuses not within the Recovery School District.Minton, James. "[http://theadvocate.com/home/4482596-125/w-feliciana-schools-celebrate-gains W. Feliciana schools celebrate gains]." The Advocate. December 7, 2012. Retrieved on March 23, 2013. "West Feliciana, as a district, moved into the ranks of A-rated districts in the second year of the state’s letter-grade labeling program and maintained its position as the third-highest performing district in the state, behind Zachary and the Orleans Parish schools that are not in the state-run Recovery School District."
School uniforms
All WFPPS schools have mandatory school uniforms.[http://www.wfpsb.org/Documents/WFHS%20Student%20Handbook%202007-2008.pdf West Feliciana High School Handbook]. West Feliciana Parish Public Schools. 15/26.[http://www.wfpsb.org/Documents/WFMS%20Student%20Handbook%202007-2008.pdf West Feliciana Middle School Handbook]. West Feliciana Parish Public Schools. 6.1 (34/58)[http://www.wfpsb.org/Documents/Tunica%20Student%20Handbook%202007-2008.pdf Tunica Elementary School Handbook]. West Feliciana Parish Public Schools. 7/15.[http://www.wfpsb.org/Documents/Bains%20Lower%20Family%20Handbook%202007-2008.pdf Bains Lower Elementary School Handbook]. West Feliciana Parish Public Schools. 5/6"[http://www.wfpsb.org/Documents/Bains%20Student%20Handbook%202007-2008.pdf Bains Elementary School Handbook]. West Feliciana Parish Public Schools. 17/51.
Schools
All of the schools are located in unincorporated areas.
;Secondary schools
- West Feliciana High School [http://www.wfpsb.org/Schools/HighSchool/highschool.html] (Bains)
- West Feliciana Middle (Bains)
- The newest school, WFMS opened in 1999. Upon opening it was accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools."[http://wfpsb.org/education/page/download.php?fileinfo=U2VjdGlvbl8zX0Rpc3RyaWN0X1Byb2ZpbGVfLnBkZjo6Oi93d3c1L3NjaG9vbHMvbGEvd2VzdGZlbGljaWFuYS9pbWFnZXMvZG9jbWdyLzQzMGZpbGUzMDQucGRm West Feliciana Parish School System Profile]." ([https://www.webcitation.org/65YbPN73A?url=http://wfpsb.org/education/page/download.php?fileinfo=U2VjdGlvbl8zX0Rpc3RyaWN0X1Byb2ZpbGVfLnBkZjo6Oi93d3c1L3NjaG9vbHMvbGEvd2VzdGZlbGljaWFuYS9pbWFnZXMvZG9jbWdyLzQzMGZpbGUzMDQucGRm Archive]) West Feliciana Parish School System. 3. Retrieved on February 18, 2012.
;Primary schools
- 2nd Grade-5th Grade: Bains Elementary School (Bains)
- The school is adjacent to Bains Lower Elementary. It is {{convert|13|mi|km}} south of the Tunica Elementary School building in Tunica.Lussier, Charles. "[http://theadvocate.com/news/527958-63/school-systems-battling-budget-woes.html Officials say they try to keep cuts out of classrooms]." The Advocate. Retrieved on February 18, 2012.
- Preschool-1st Grade: Bains Lower Elementary School (Bains)
;Former schools
- Preschool-5th Grade: Tunica Elementary School (Tunica)
- The Tunica Elementary building is in proximity to the Louisiana State Penitentiary (LSP),"[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AD&p_theme=ad&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB476F7A6019137&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Complaints build over cutbacks, board says]." The Advocate. August 18, 1992. Retrieved on August 16, 2010. "John Cobb and Billy Bishop asked board members to overturn a staff decision to reassign their children to Tunica Elementary located near Angola..." being {{convert|4|mi|km}} from the facility. During its life about 125 students attended the school. Before its closure, it had 110 students. Many Tunica Elementary students lived on the premises of LSP."Fair enlivens out-of-the-way school." The Advocate. May 18, 1991. Retrieved on August 16, 2010. "Tunica Elementary is only a few miles from the main gate of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola and many of its students live on the 18000acre prison" On May 18, 2011, due to budget cuts, the parish school board voted to close Tunica Elementary.{{cite web|last=Rivas|first=Brittany|url=http://www.wbrz.com/news/west-feliciana-board-closes-elementary-school|title=West Feliciana board closes elementary school|publisher=WBRZ|date=2007-05-18|access-date=2012-02-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140630225713/http://www.wbrz.com/news/west-feliciana-board-closes-elementary-school|archive-date=2014-06-30}}
{{-}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
{{Portal|United States|Schools}}
- [http://www.wfpsb.org West Feliciana Parish Public Schools]
Category:Education in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana