The Livingston Parish School Board approved a $267,250 change order for the Denham Springs High School STEM and Robotics Center at its regular meeting Thursday, Nov. 5. The board also granted a utility easement at South Live Oak Elementary, and Superintendent Jody Purvis congratulated the parish’s Student of the Year winners.
The board’s first order of business was to consider the change order for the STEM and Robotics Center. The project’s professional of record was absent, so Purvis read the details of the request, which called for more space for the project’s lab. The board unanimously approved the motion.
The board then considered granting DEMCO an easement for utility services at the site of the new South Live Oak Elementary multipurpose building. DEMCO will run a power line beneath the building, and the easement will allow the utility to access the line for maintenance as needed. The board unanimously approved the motion.
The meeting adjourned after Purvis’ comments, during which he announced that students will be dismissed early Nov. 12 and congratulated the parish’s Student of the Year winners.
Edie Dehlin of Denham Springs Elementary was named fifth-grade Student of the Year, Davis Huffstetler of Denham Springs Junior High was named eighth-grade Student of the Year, and Kate Dentro of Denham Springs High School was named 12th-grade Student of the Year.
“These were hard decisions … it’s a pretty tough process,” Purvis said, adding, “congratulations to all of those students.”
