The school grounds of the five institutions of learning in the Jackson Parish School District will be teeming with students on Wednesday, August 20th, as classes begin for the 2025-26 school year. 

While the students will be acclimating themselves to their new classrooms and grade levels, there will also be 17 new teachers throughout the school system getting ready for their first day of instruction. 

Congratulations on their new careers, and welcome to the Jackson Parish School District goes to the following:

Shaundra Gray
Stacy Starks
Jessica Veuleman
TK Smith
Tommy Smith
Brittany Goss
Cassie Tucker
Bridgette Matthews
Erin Taylor
Haley Kemp
Joy Borders
Chloe Chase
Laura Lea Spangler
Matthew Herring
Kamerius Palmer
Avery Martin
Madyson Carruth