| Man With A Plan |
 From ridding the system of poor-performing principals to getting kids ready for kindergarten and yanking Butler buildings from our campuses, Superintendent Pat Cooper lays out his six-year turnaround initiative.
By Heather Miller • Photos by Robin May
If former N.P. Moss Middle School Principal Ken Douet had been working under Superintendent Pat Cooper last year when the middle school was shuttered to avoid state takeover, the six Lafayette Parish School Board members who blocked Douet’s pro...
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| Pooyie 05.02.12 |
 Wednesday, May 2, 2012
C’est Bon
We have a feeling the success of INNOV8 Lafayette will be felt for some time to come — and far beyond what its organizers even imagined.
Pas Bon
Gov. Bobby Jindal and his Economic Development Secretary Stephen Moret are flying high through the corporation-lined clouds as they tout the state’s low unemployment figures and stable economy as reasons for supporting big-business tax breaks and other corporate exemptions that the Jindal administration...
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| Dance of the Donkeys |
Gov. Bobby Jindal got his way on education reform, but the debate is far from over.
By Jeremy Alford
It was a simple matter to label Gov. Bobby Jindal’s education reform package this session as a Republican effort, especially since it’s the party of the governor and the lawmakers who handled his legislation. However, some Republicans voted against Jindal’s education plan, and some Democrats stood with him.
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| Internal Probe Leads to Subpoenas |
Assistant DA Keith Stutes is seeking answers in potentially flawed OWI prosecutions.
By Leslie Turk
Just days after District Attorney Mike Harson informed The Advocate that he had appointed an assistant district attorney to look into whether some people cited for OWI had actually performed their community service work, sources told The Independent that ADA had subpoenaed individuals to appear for questioning.
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| Fantastic Festival |
After all of the hype and accolades, Festival International de Louisiane lived up to and even surpassed it all during its whirlwind tour of downtown Lafayette last week. A great mix of music, art, food and merchandise, as well as absolutely the grandest weather one could ask for, made the 26th annual event one for the record books.
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| Hitting a Grand Slam |
On the first day of his spring 2012 marketing management class, UL Lafayette professor Dr. Geoff Stewart showed his students a film about the “Why?” of marketing. The point of the video was that a product should focus on “why” it is important, rather starting with “what” the product is and “how” it will operate. From there, Stewart challenged students to write a one-page paper on their personal “why.”
While some of the students chose to do the regularly-assi...
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| Party Girl 05.02.12 |
City Club at River Ranch celebrated its first decade in style with a lively open house reception spreading over its entire facilities from the grill and bar to the pool and pro shop to the Carriage House Hotel. Guests enjoyed hors d’oeuvres, cocktails and great piano music by Ty Cook.
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