Eaton Park Elementary

Vermilion Parish Schools and central office will be closed on Wednesday, January 17th. We will be turning on water back at our facilities at noon tomorrow and will be checking for any issues the cold weather may have caused. School practices and games may resume tomorrow at 3 pm once the water has been turned back on. Thank your for your cooperation in this matter.

Based on information from our outside weather folks, a concern from our water districts about a lack of water pressure and the inability to turn water back on at our facilities until temperatures are sustained above freezing, the Vermilion Parish School system will be closed on Wednesday. We will resume normal operations on Thursday. This will allow our central office and maintenance departments the ability to visit our schools tomorrow after lunch and troubleshoot any potential issues that the cold weather may have caused. Thank you for understanding and we appreciate your support in these efforts.

Out of an abundance of caution for our students and employees, the Vermilion Parish School System will be closed on Tuesday, January 16th. We will monitor the weather situation and make a decision about Wednesday around noon tomorrow. We have been in contact with the National Weather Service and OEP as well as with other local school officials in an effort to make the best decision. Thank you for understanding and stay warm.

Here is the link to the January 14, 2024 newsletter from the Superintendent. https://www.smore.com/unrxc

Congratulations to Mrs. Jennifer's class for being the top selling class for the car raffle fundraiser.

We want all to know that we are closely monitoring and are in contact with emergency officials and other school systems about our next weather event that could take place. Currently there is a forecast of evening and overnight rain on Monday evening with temperatures below freezing for portions of that forecast. After a slight rise in temp during the day on Tuesday, we are looking at a drop into the teens overnight on Tuesday into Wednesday. We will be going into freeze protection mode Friday afternoon, with us being out of school on Monday, with a tentative plan of shutting off water on Monday morning. The issues that will arise is that until water is turned back on and we can assure that pipes are safe school is always in question. With the coldest temps expected for overnight Tuesday we will be put in a wait and see and make the best prediction mode. Please be patient with the decisions, but know that I will inform you on any cancellations if necessary. The safety of all stakeholders is always at the forefront of our decisions and that's why we build in weather days to our schedule.

🐾Week of January 8th 🐾

First Sunday newsletter of 2024 https://www.smore.com/jxt6b

Here is the link to the 2024-2025 School Calendar approved by the board last week. file:///C:/Users/tommy/Downloads/Copy%20of%20VPSB%20Calendar%202024-25%20(Approved%2012_21_23).pdf

Sunday Newsletter - 12/17/2023 https://www.smore.com/wk8t9

Congratulations to Evan for being the top seller for the Mendoza Ford Raffle! He was treated to a McDonald’s lunch with Ms. Angela.

Last week, we received our banner in recognition of our 2.2 point increase. Way to go Little Wildcats!

Here is a link to December 10th Newsletter https://www.smore.com/fj02u

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Tomorrow!

Here is the link to the Sunday Scoop Newsletter. https://www.smore.com/ecqd7

We would like to say Thank you to Mrs. Ellen and her husband Rick for helping Eaton Park win school garden supplies. EPE came in 2nd place, by decorating the garden for the: "Thankful for Our Harvest" Scarecrow Contest. Across our district, our students tend to beautiful school gardens and learn how to plant, maintain and harvest various herbs, fruits and vegetables throughout the year.

Overnight rains in some areas have exceeded the projections we were given. Rainfall amounts are different in each part of our parish. Schools are OPEN. If you are in one of the low lying areas and need to adjust times until you can evaluate roads to travel we will excuse late arrivals. Bus routes may be a few minutes later than normal and some may have to alter routes in some areas. Again, we will use common sense when excusing lateness or absences because of flooding issues. Thank you for your understanding and for making any adjustments thst may need to be made. This is one of those weather events that has different effects on different parts of the parish and doesnt have a one size fits all solution. Sorry for the inconvenience it may cause. Superintendent Tommy Byler.

Mrs Jennifer’s and Mrs. Megan’s classes created snowmen puppets after a Snow read aloud in the library

Monday, December 4th