The List: When Is the Last Day of School in Louisiana?

LEAP testing is (for the most part) behind them, and Louisiana students are itching to be finished with school for the year. God bless teachers! Which class in college taught them to heard cats? They are all feeling the end-of-the-year fatigue and just as anxious for the last day of school as the students.

Parents are searching for ways to keep the kids occupied this summer, and those plans should be finalized sooner rather than later. Parks and recreation departments sometimes offer opportunities to let children blow off some steam and keep them off devices, at least for a little while. Lafayette and Calcasieu Parishes have a number of camps that children can attend, and registration is open for most of them. The outlying, more rural parishes don’t have the same selection, so reach out to your friends and community organizations for information about summer activities.

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Whatever the plans are for students after they finish school for the year, the clock is ticking until they hear that final bell. From Lafayette to Lake Charles, from Opelousas to Abbeville and all towns in between, here’s the list of parishes in south Louisiana and when the 2023-24 school year ends for the public schools.