North DeSoto High School

Monday Bond Note for April 22nd

How would the bond impact Career and Technical Education? CTE is an important part of our educational programming. Currently we have four teachers sharing spaces with welding and carpentry courses being at maximum enrollment. There are many times when two classes are sharing space to work on projects, causing challenges for hands-on learning. For medical classes, we are also seeing maximum capacity with no dedicated lab space for skills labs and students having to use the hallway or improvise other areas for patient care exercises. If the bond is approved by voters, three shops will be built in the new school including welding, carpentry, and general use with capacity for larger enrollment so more students can participate in programming. There would be additional dedicated space for CTE exploratory courses that gives students insight into careers such as welding, carpentry, electrical, plumbing, and more. There will also be dedicated medical classrooms with storage areas and a health sciences lab that includes patient beds and space for skills labs. These spaces would be designed with these classes in mind!

Important update: In order to allow students, staff and community to travel to Sulphur to support our Griffin Softball team in the championship series, all ND schools will have a Virtual Instruction Day on Friday, April 26th. Teachers will give instructions on work for each block. Good luck Lady Griffins!!

Reminders for Week of April 22nd.

Great night celebrating with the 2024 State Championship Wrestling Team! Many honors and awards - such a great season! Thanks to Coach Burton and all of our coaches and parents for making this season possible for our athletes!! GO GRIFFINS!!

Today (Saturday, April 20) is the final day of early voting. Be sure that your voice is heard in this election! https://www.desotopsb.com/o/desoto-parish-schools/page/nd-bond-24-election-information

Come out and support our Lady Griffins as they travel to Sulphur on the road to a state championship!!

Softball bracket is posted. Game times are official. Good luck to our Lady Griffins as they prepare this week!!

ND Baseball is headed to Rayne for Round 2. Game details to come!! GO GRIFFINS!!

Tomorrow (Saturday, April 20) is the final day of early voting. Be sure that your voice is heard in this election! https://www.desotopsb.com/o/desoto-parish-schools/page/nd-bond-24-election-information

Congrats to Girls and Boys Track. Both secure the district championship tonight!! GO GRIFFINS!!

Sulphur Bound!! Congrats to our Lady Griffins!! Semi finals here we come!!

Voters in District 2 (North DeSoto) can calculate their tax impact with the online tax calculator. If approved, a $300,000 home would see a monthly increase of $34.50. Watch the video to learn how to calculate your impact! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXQj4j7SgqI

Waiting in the car line? Are you already out and about? Remember, early voting is happening now and ends on Saturday, April 20th. Be sure to cast an informed vote.

Making changes to lessen the impact: The April bond plan is $47.5 million less than the November 2023 plan! Many items that were in the 2023 bond plan have been eliminated in the new proposal to better align with the community’s desire to focus on academics. https://www.desotopsb.com/o/desoto-parish-schools/page/nd-bond-24-the-plan

Softball will host Iota tomorrow for Round 3. Game time is 6:00 pm and admission is $10.00. Good luck Lady Griffins!!

The DeSoto Parish School Board is dedicated to being a good steward of taxpayer dollars and are committed to using our resources to provide excellent educational opportunities for our students. The cost to the taxpayer depends on the value of your home. For example, a $300,000 home in District No. 2 (North DeSoto) with a homestead exemption of $75,000 would have an adjusted taxable value of $225,000 which would be assessed at 10%. The increase from a millage of 3.6 to 22 would result in an annual increase of $414 per year or $34.50 per month. https://www.desotopsb.com/page/nd-bond-24-tax-impact

Lady Griffins are on to Round 3! We should be able to announce game date and time later tonight!! They are ready!!

2024 NDHS Art Show is underway. Come support our local artist. We are in the NDHS library until 8:30.

Join Superintendent Corley and the North DeSoto Principals again tonight (Tuesday, April 16) at 7 p.m. on Facebook live to get your questions answered! You can submit questions ahead of time on the bond page or live during the broadcast! https://www.desotopsb.com/o/desoto-parish-schools/page/north-desoto-bond-program-2024