Notice

Publication Date

2026-07-21

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Miscellaneous Notices

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Lake Charles, Louisiana

June 9, 2026

The Parish School Board of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, governing authority of School District No. 34 of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, met in regular session at 5:00 oclock p.m. on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at the regular meeting place of said Board in the Calcasieu Parish School Board Office, 3310 Broad Street, Lake Charles, Louisiana, pursuant to the provisions of written notice given to each and every member thereof and duly posted in the manner required by law.

President, Aaron Natali, called the meeting to order and on roll call, the following members were present: Aaron Natali, Karen Hardy-McReynolds, Glenda Gay, Patrick Pichon, Mary Fontenot, Dean Roberts, Dr. Betty Washington, Damon Hardesty, Tony OBanion, Phyllis Ayo, Billy Breaux, Rev. Desmond Wallace, Shawn Baumgarten

ABSENT: Eric Tarver, Russell Castille

The President of the Board stated that one purpose of the meeting was for canvassing and tabulating the returns of an election held in School District No. 34 of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana on May 16, 2026, on question of authorizing the incurring of debt and issuance of bonds of said District for the purpose of acquiring, and/or improving land and playgrounds, purchasing, erecting, enlarging and/or improving school buildings and other school related facilities within and for said School District, and acquiring the necessary equipment and furnishings therefor, and thereupon presented the following proces verbal, which was adopted by the following vote:

YEAS: 13

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 2

PROCES VERBAL

BE IT KNOWN AND REMEMBERED that on this 9th day of June, 2026, at 5:00 oclock p.m., in accordance with a resolution of the Calcasieu Parish School Board (the Board), adopted on November 4, 2034, and recorded in the records of said Board, notice of which meeting was issued and published according to law, the undersigned members of the Board, being a quorum thereof, met at the regular meeting place of the Board, and according to law examined the tabulation blanks, certificates and statements which were received from the Commissioners and Commissioners-in-Charge of the election held in School District No. 34 of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana on May 16, 2026, in accordance with said resolution, together with the transcription of the totals made by the Clerk of Court and Ex-Officio Parish Custodian of Voting Machines in and for Calcasieu Parish to determine the following proposition:

BOND PROPOSITION

Shall School District No. 34 of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (District), incur debt and issue bonds in an amount not exceeding Eighty-Eight Million ($88,000,000) Dollars, in one or more series, for a period not exceeding twenty-five (25) years from date thereof, with interest at a rate or rates not exceeding seven (7.0%) percent per annum, for the purpose of acquiring and/or improving lands for buildings and playgrounds, purchasing, erecting, enlarging and/or improving school buildings and other related facilities and necessary equipment and furnishings therefor, title to which shall be in the public, which bonds shall be general obligations of the District and will be retired with, paid from and secured by ad valorem taxes estimated to be 9.5 mills for the first year, on all taxable property within the District sufficient in rate and amount to pay said bonds in principal and interest, as provided by Article VI, Section 33 of the 1974 Louisiana Constitution, as amended, and statutory authority supplemental thereto?

The results of said election proved to be as follows:

PRECINCT

NUMBER OF VOTES IN FAVOR OF PROPOSITION

NUMBER OF VOTES AGAINST PROPOSITION

316E 11 22

316W 12 10

317 48 85

325 144 107

326 97 104

331 100 69

333 269 213

334 86 113

335 73 74

336 138 127

337 101 81

340 102 96

362 103 94

363 221 180

366 83 76

367 94 89

368 196 202

372 137 136

302* 0 0

306* 66 79

338* 25 30

339* 171 170

365* 251 163

369* 115 116

371S* 5 9

EARLY VOTING 1,092 776

TOTAL 3,740 3,221

We therefore ascertained that the majority of qualified electors of School District No. 34 of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana qualified to vote under the Constitution and laws of the State of Louisiana voting in said election voted IN FAVOR of the Bond Proposition.

At the same time and place, we did examine and canvass the returns as evidenced by said tabulation blanks, certificates, and statements received from the election Commissioners and Commissioners-in-Charge, the correctness of which were sworn to by the election Commissioners-in-Charge and Commissioners according to law, and our finding was that the returns indicated a majority voted in favor of the Bond Proposition.

Therefore, we declare that the result of said election is in favor of the Bond Proposition as stated above.

In accordance with law, a resolution promulgating the aforesaid results was adopted, and the Secretary of the Board was ordered to have a copy of said resolution signed by the President and published in one issue of the Lake Charles American Press, a newspaper published in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and of general circulation in School District No. 34 of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.

In accordance with the provisions of R.S. 18:1293, a copy of the Notice of Election is attached hereto as Exhibit A. An affidavit showing proof of publication of said notice is attached hereto as Exhibit B. We did, likewise, order that one copy of this proces verbal be sent to the Secretary of State to be recorded in the archives of the State of Louisiana, and that one copy be sent to the Clerk of the District Court of Calcasieu Parish to be recorded in the mortgage records of said Parish and that one copy be filed in the archives of this Board.

Statement of actual cost: The actual cost of the election as determined by the Secretary of State based upon the provisions of Chapter 8-A of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, is $1,737.22.

THUS DONE AND SIGNED in the presence of Peggy Carlile and John Snyder, competent witnesses and qualified voters of Calcasieu Parish on this 9th day of June, 2026, at a regular meeting of the Calcasieu Parish School Board in Lake Charles, Louisiana, by the undersigned members of said Board present and participating in the canvass of said election.

WITNESSES:

/s/ Peggy Carlile Print Name:

Peggy Carlile

/s/ Aaron Natali,

President

Aaron Natali

/s/ John L. Snyder Print Name:

John L. Snyder

/s/ Tony Obanion,

Vice President

Tony Obanion

/s/ Phyllis Ayo,

Member

Phyllis Ayo

/s/ Shawn Baumgarten,

Member

Shawn Baumgarten

/s/ Billy Breaux,

Member

Billy Breaux

Russell Castille

Member

/s/ Mary E. Fontenot,

Member

Mary E. Fontenot

/s/ Glenda Gay,

Member

Glenda Gay

/s/ Damon Hardesty,

Member

Damon Hardesty

/s/ Karen

Hardy-McReynolds,

Member

Karen Hardy-

McReynolds

/s/ Patrick Pichon,

Member

Patrick Pichon

/s/ Dean Robert,

Member

Dean Robert Eric Tarver

Member

/s/ Betty Washington,

Member

Betty Washington

/s/ Rev. Desmond

Wallace,

Member Rev. Desmond Wallace

The following resolution was thereupon introduced, and pursuant to a motion made by Mr. OBanion and seconded by Billy Breaux__, was adopted by the following vote:

YEAS: 13

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: 2

NOT VOTING: 0

RESOLUTION

A RESOLUTION PROMULGATING THE RESULTS OF A SPECIAL BOND ELECTION HELD IN SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 34 OF CALCASIEU PARISH, LOUISIANA ON MAY 16, 2026.

WHEREAS, on May 16, 2026, an election was held in School District No. 34 of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, to determine the proposition hereinafter set out;

WHEREAS, the returns of said election were canvassed by the Board according to law and notice duly given as provided by law, and the result of said election was declared to be in favor of the Bond Proposition;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Parish School Board of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, as follows:

SECTION 1. An election was held in School District No. 34 of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, on May 16, 2026, to determine the proposition hereinafter set out; that said election was duly and properly called by the Board by a resolution adopted on November 4, 2034, and recorded in the records of said Board, that notice of said election embracing all matters required by law to be contained therein was given by publication in the Lake Charles American Press, a newspaper published in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and of general circulation in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, on March 4, March 11, March 18, and March 34, 2026, the first of said publications being not less than 45 days nor more than 90 days prior to the date set for said election; that this Board did in said resolution designate the polling places for said election and did provide for the use of voting machines in the conduct of said election; that election officials were duly selected; that each election official received the certificate of instruction of the use of the voting machines and his duties in connection therewith as required by law; that the State Custodian of Voting Machines and the Clerk of Court and Ex-Officio Parish Custodian of Voting Machines of Calcasieu Parish made available on the day of the election at the polling places designated for the conduct of said election the necessary voting machines and all necessary equipment and paraphernalia required by law in connection with the use of voting machines at elections; that the Registrar of Voters and the Clerk of Court of Calcasieu Parish furnished to the election Commissioners and Commissioners-in-Charge copies of the precinct registers for each precinct or ward entitled to vote at such polling places; that the Louisiana Secretary of State prepared and certified the ballot used in the voting machines as required by law; that the proposition voted on in said election and as it appeared in said voting machine was in due form provided by law and the resolution adopted by this Board on November 4, 2026, calling said special election; that the results of said election were written on a large sheet of paper at said polling places, which sheet of paper was signed by each of the election officials designated to conduct such election at said polling places and which sheet was thereupon posted in public view at the polling places in accordance with law; that only qualified electors under the Constitution and laws of the State of Louisiana voted at said election; that the officials who served at said election were duly and properly appointed; that the places of all absent election officials were properly filled in accordance with law; that before opening the polls all election officials were properly sworn in accordance with law; that the polls at the voting places were opened at 7:00 a.m. and remained open and until not later than 8:00 p.m.; that after the closing of the polls the votes for and against the proposition were properly counted and tallied and the necessary tabulation blanks, certificates and statements were made by the election officials in accordance with law and the voting machines delivered to the Clerk of Court and Ex-Officio Custodian of Voting Machines in and for Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, and a copy of the results of said election delivered to the Clerk of the District Court of Calcasieu Parish as required by Louisiana Revised Statutes 18:1190 E; that on May 19, 2026, that being the third day after said election the Clerk of Court and Ex-Officio Custodian of Voting Machines, after breaking the seals and opening the voting machines used in said election did transcript the totals for the proposition voted upon at said election; and that all things whatsoever required by law to be done in connection with the holding of said election were properly and duly performed in manner and form as required by Part IV of Chapter 4 of Subtitle II of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended (La. R.S. 39:701, et seq.), and the general election laws of the State of Louisiana.

SECTION 2. In said election the following proposition passed by a majority of the electors qualified to vote and voting in said election in School District No. 34 of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana:

BOND PROPOSITION

SECTION 3. The results of said election shall be promulgated by publication of this resolution of promulgation one time in the Lake Charles American Press, a newspaper published in Lake Charles, Louisiana, the official journal of the Board and of general circulation in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.

ADOPTED AND APPROVED this 9th day of June, 2026.

/s/Aaron Natali

AARON NATALI,

President

Calcasieu Parish

School Board

ATTEST:

/s/ Jason Vanmetre

JASON VANMETRE, Secretary

Calcasieu Parish

School Board

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