MAURICE, La. ( KLFY )– There is a lot of excitement surrounding the new charter school opening called Vermilion Charter Academy. The school is a tuition-free type 2 charter school serving students from kindergarten through eighth grade.
“Oh my gosh, this is the most exciting thing. I’ve been in education for 34 years and my first opportunity to build a school from the ground up. I can’t tell you how excited we actually are,” said Patricia Thibodeaux, principal of Vermilion Charter Academy. “Plus the interest, the community involvement, and just the enrollment process. It’s been very gratifying for me as an educator.”
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Thibodeaux said Vermilion Charter Academy’s entrance into the area will address present challenges in the North Vermilion area regarding overcrowding and lack of access to STEAM-related curriculum.
“In Vermilion Parish, we have wonderful schools and I can attest to that because I worked in the district for many years,” she said. “With that comes, you know, some budgetary issues and not being able to build schools for the future. So this is just the opportunity to assist in mitigating that issue here in the North Vermilion area and hoping to be able to build for the future for sure.”