LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — The Lafayette Parish School Board voted unanimously Thursday to approve plans for a new kindergarten through eighth grade school in north Lafayette, a project aimed at replacing decades-old campuses with a single modern facility.
The new school will be built on the current site of J.W. Faulk Elementary and will merge J.W. Faulk, Dr. Raphael Baranco Elementary and Paul Breaux Middle into one campus. Baranco was built in 1981, while Faulk and Paul Breaux date back to 1958. Board members Amy Trahan and Josh Edmond, who represent the north side, introduced the plan to address aging infrastructure in the area.
Superintendent Francis Touchet said the vote follows years of discussion about the need for updated facilities…