Year-End Awards Highlight Special Called Webster Parish School Board Meeting

The Webster Parish School Board held a special-called meeting on Monday. The highlight of the meeting was the recognition of the Webster Parish 2022-2023 Students of the Year, Support Persons of the Year, and Teachers of the Year.

5th grade Students of the Year:

Richardson Elementary – Grey Meeker

Central Elementary – Brayleigh Lewis

Doyline Elementary – Brady Mixon

Brown Upper Elementary School – Jordan Thomas

North Webster Upper Elementary AND Webster Parish Elementary Student of the Year –   Mason Neal

8th grade Students of the Year:

Webster Junior High School – Reese Miller

North Webster Junior High School – Mikyah White

Doyline High School – Lanie Gates

Lakeside Junior High School AND Webster Parish Junior High School Student of the Year – Madison Franklin

12th grade Students of the Year:

Doyline High School – Melanie Anderson

Lakeside High School – Brittany Odom

North Webster High School – Lily Everett

Minden High School AND Webster Parish High School Student of the Year – Jonathan Nguyen

Support Person of the Year:

Brown Upper Elementary – Laraven Coleman, Secretary

Browning Elementary – Jennifer Scott, Paraprofessional

Richardson Elementary – Haley Stewart, Paraprofessional

Lakeside Junior/Senior High School – Brenda Willis, Paraprofessional

North Webster Junior High School – Pam McGill, Custodian

Doyline High School – Kelsey Moris, Paraprofessional

Minden High School – Tokia Whiting, School Resource Officer

North Webster Upper Elementary – Kimberly Winkler, Paraprofessional

Jones Elementary – Jessica Gavin, Paraprofessional

Phillips Elementary – Tammy Guice, Secretary

North Webster Lower Elementary – Jennifer Hanson, Paraprofessional

Central Elementary AND Webster Parish Elementary Support Person of the Year – Paulesta Gilbert, Paraprofessional

Webster Junior High School AND Webster Parish Junior High Support Person of the Year – Shaun Houston, Behavior Interventionist

North Webster High School AND Webster Parish High School Support Person of the Year – Stacey Martin, Secretary

Teachers of the Year

Elementary:

Brown Upper Elementary – Martha Edens

Browning Elementary – Tanya Pesses-Cole

Richardson Elementary – Amy Lee

Doyline Elementary – Megan Pearce

North Webster Upper Elementary – Raven Berry

Jones Elementary – Jamie Lewis

Phillips Elementary – Tori McKinney

North Webster Lower Elementary – Jessica Newsom

Central Elementary AND Webster Parish Elementary Teacher of the Year – Brittany Lewis

 Junior High School:

Lakeside Junior High School – Aubrey Lee

Webster Junior High School – Christina Chester

Doyline Junior High School – Nancy Griffith

North Webster Junior High School AND Webster Parish Junior High School Teacher of the Year – Tina Hughes

 High School:

Doyline High School – Megan James

Minden High School – Rebecca Carraway

North Webster High School – Terri Orr

Lakeside High School AND Webster Parish High School Teacher of the Year – Will Gray

After the completion of the recognition of employees, the members of the board voted to approve:

• Budget revisions to the following: General Funds, Parish Wide Maintenance Funds, 96 Sales Tax Funds, Education Excellence Funds, Education Excellence Funds, Special Federal Funds, IDEA Funds, Achieve Funds, ESSER Incentive/ARP Funds, ESSER III-EB Interventions Funds, ESSER III Formula Funds, Title 1 Funds, Other Federal ESEA Funds (Title 2, Title 4, and Title 5), School Food Service Funds.
• Purchase a lawn mower for Webster Junior High School from Hol-Mont Sales and Rentals in the amount of $15,714.00 with funding to come from District 6 half cent sales tax fund.
• Purchase 11 Bogan classroom phones for $3,475.12, and 1 NQuist administrative paging system IP phone for $1,137.31, for a total of $5,512.43, from a DiversiFire, Inc. Funding source is the District 6 half-cent sales tax fund.

The next meeting of the Webster Parish School Board is scheduled for Monday, June 12th.