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Caddo Public Schools is a school district based in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States. The district serves all of Caddo Parish. History.
The Caddo Correctional Center is a full-service parish jail rated at a capacity of 1,500 beds. Constructed in 1994, this facility was designed to successfully manage a large number of inmates with a minimum of personnel. The Caddo Correctional Center is the largest jail in the Ark-La-Tex and the only "direct supervision" facility in the state.
Tangipahoa Parish was created by Louisiana Act 85 on March 6, 1869, during the Reconstruction era. [6] The parish was assembled from territories taken from Livingston Parish, St. Helena Parish, St. Tammany Parish, and Washington Parish. It was named after the Tangipahoa River and the historic Tangipahoa Native American people of this area.
The Caddo people comprise the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma, a federally recognized tribe headquartered in Binger, Oklahoma.They speak the Caddo language.. The Caddo Confederacy was a network of Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands, who historically inhabited much of what is northeast Texas, west Louisiana, southwestern Arkansas, and southeastern Oklahoma.
Caddo is a Native American language, the traditional language of the Caddo Nation. [3] It is critically endangered, with no exclusively Caddo-speaking community and as of 2023 only two speakers who had acquired the language as children outside school instruction, down from 25 speakers in 1997. [1] [2] Caddo has several mutually intelligible ...
There are 68 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the parish, including 2 National Historic Landmarks. Four properties were once listed, but have since been removed. One listing, the Caddo Parish Confederate Monument, was originally listed in Caddo Parish but has since been relocated to De Soto Parish . This National Park ...
Caddo Magnet won the Academic Decathlon contest for Louisiana each year from 1983 through 2011. This is the longest streak of any school in the nation, and the longest in the history of the competition. Other awards. Students participating in varsity and lifetime sports have won district competitions and advanced to the state levels.
The East Baton Rouge Parish School System, also known as East Baton Rouge Schools ( EBR Schools) or the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board, is a public school district headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. The district serves most of East Baton Rouge Parish; it contains 54 elementary schools, 16 middle schools, and 18 high ...