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NEW ROADS, La. (AP) — A plan by Superintendent Linda D'Amico to transform Pointe Coupee Central High into a college readiness and career academy holds such promise that two school board members want that academy to start in the fall.
But that was too soon for D'Amico, whose plan calls for opening the academy in August 2015 and who expressed doubts she could properly staff the new program to open this August.
And six other board members backed her up Thursday, defeating with a 2-6 vote a motion by board member Ted Nelson to open Central High as the Pointe Coupee Early College/Career Academy this fall.
The Advocate reports (http://bit.ly/1poH91a ) the board will revisit the effort as early as next month, after board members meet with the superintendent to work out their concerns.
Board member Chad Aguillard supported Nelson's motion, arguing he didn't want to see the campus closed for an entire school year given the controversy surrounding its shutdown this summer.
Central's shutdown was forced by U.S. District Judge James J. Brady's April 7 decision to close the school at the request of the state's Recovery School District.
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