Leslie Turk

1 week ago | thecurrentla.com | Leslie Turk

The Lafayette Parish School System has turned over the investigation into alleged forgeries of construction quotes to the Lafayette Police Department. “It is both disappointing and disheartening to believe that anyone — whether a current or former employee — could have taken advantage of their position and betrayed the trust placed in them,” LPSS Superintendent Francis Touchet said in a press release Wednesday afternoon.

2 weeks ago | theadvocate.com | Leslie Turk

The Lafayette Parish School System says it will make significant changes to its processes for soliciting and awarding construction projects. In an email to the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors obtained by The Current, the school district outlined changes that closely track negative findings by that board and its own auditor.

2 weeks ago | thecurrentla.com | Leslie Turk

In reaction to a decision by the Louisiana Board of Ethics prohibiting school vendors from sponsoring events at his Broussard bar, Lafayette Parish School Board member Jeremy Hidalgo defended his handling of the ethical conflict. “What matters is this — I didn’t hide, I didn’t wait, and I didn’t play games. I asked. That’s what real leadership looks like. I don’t operate in [the] shadows,” Hidalgo told The Current in a Tuesday text message.

2 weeks ago | thecurrentla.com | Leslie Turk

The Lafayette Parish School System says it will make significant changes to its processes for soliciting and awarding construction projects. In an email to the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors obtained by The Current, the school district outlines changes that closely track negative findings by that board and its own auditor that were first reported by The Current.

3 weeks ago | theadvocate.com | Leslie Turk

Last year, Lafayette Parish School Board member Jeremy Hidalgo’s Broussard bar, The Barrel, regularly posted advertisements on Facebook for “customer appreciation” events, a number of which were sponsored by vendors and contractors doing work for the Lafayette Parish School System.