Cameron Parish School Board
Cameron Parish School Board or Cameron Parish School District or Cameron Parish School System is a school district headquartered in unincorporated Cameron Parish, Louisiana, United States. The district's boundaries parallel those of Cameron Parish.
The district's headquarters are in Cameron.
History
In September 2005 Hurricane Rita struck Cameron Parish. Four of the parish's six public schools were destroyed or damaged; students from three other schools occupied Grand Lake High School while students from Johnson Bayou occupied Hackberry High School's campus.Circa 2009, the district has its temporary headquarters at 1027 Highway 384 in the Grand Lake area.
School uniforms
Students are required to wear school uniforms.Schools
- Grand Lake High School
- Hackberry High School
- Johnson Bayou High School
- *As a result of the September 2008 Hurricane Ike, 80% of the Johnson Bayou campus received damage. The district was to try to get the Federal Emergency Management Agency to fund a replacement school instead of a repaired campus.
- South Cameron High School
- * Was formerly two separate schools
- * Hurricane Ike destroyed South Cameron's temporary buildings.
- * Due to declining enrollment, South Cameron no longer sponsors football.
- Grand Lake Elementary School
Former schools
- * Closed after Hurricane Rita in fall 2005; school consolidated into South Cameron High School by fall 2006.
- * Closed in 2001 after enrollment decreased to 60 students.
- South Cameron Elementary School
- * Closed after Hurricane Rita in fall 2005; school consolidated into South Cameron High School by fall 2006.