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{{Short description|School district in Louisiana, United States}}
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{{More citations needed|date=January 2022}}[[File:Homer, LA, High School IMG 2664.JPG|thumb|[[Homer High School (Louisiana)|Homer High School]]]]
[[File:Haynesville, LA, High School IMG 0879.JPG|thumb|[[Haynesville Junior-Senior High School]]]]
[[File:Athens, LA, High School IMG 3615.JPG|thumb|[[Athens High School (Louisiana)|Athens High School]] (closed 2012)]]
'''Claiborne Parish School Board''' is a [[school district]] headquartered in [[Homer, Louisiana|Homer]], [[Louisiana]], [[United States]].<ref>"[http://www.claibornepsb.org/ Welcome!!]" Claiborne Parish Schools. Retrieved on October 2, 2010. "415 East Main St.Homer, LA 71040"</ref>
The district serves all of [[Claiborne Parish, Louisiana|Claiborne Parish]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st22_la/schooldistrict_maps/c22027_claiborne/DC20SD_C22027.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Claiborne Parish, LA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-02-11}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st22_la/schooldistrict_maps/c22027_claiborne/DC20SD_C22027_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>
Former Claiborne Superintendent [[Gary Jones (Louisiana politician)|Gary Lee Jones]] became a Republican member of the [[Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education]] in January 2016.
==History==
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In ????{{when|date=December 2016}} the district had 2,019 students, a decrease by 102 from the previous year. In ????{{when|date=December 2016}} the school district had a hiring freeze and planned to remove 60 job positions in order to reduce the district budget by $2.4 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ktbs.com/story/22309339/layoffs-at-claiborne-parish-schools|title=Layoffs At Claiborne Parish Schools|publisher=[[KTBS]]|accessdate=2016-12-04}}</ref>
==Schools==
;PreK-12 schools
* [[Summerfield High School (Louisiana)|Summerfield High School]] (''Unincorporated area'')
;5-12 schools
* [[Haynesville Junior/Senior High School]] ([[Haynesville, Louisiana|Haynesville]])
;High schools
* [[Homer High School (Louisiana)|Homer High School]] ([[Homer, Louisiana|Homer]])
;Junior high schools
* Homer Junior High School (Homer)
;Elementary schools
* [http://www.homerelementary.com Homer Elementary School] (Homer) - PK-5
* Haynesville Elementary School (Haynesville) - PreK-4
===Former schools===
* [[Athens High School (Louisiana)|Athens High School]] ([[Athens, Louisiana|Athens]], formerly in the building housing the private Mt. Olive Christian School)
** The school had 162 students in February 2012. It closed in summer 2012, with students moved to Homer schools.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ktbs.com/news/athens-school-closes/article_67eae2a2-f98e-50f7-b94b-07952b415174.html|title=Athens school closes|publisher=[[KTBS]]|date=2012-05-11|access-date=2024-01-22}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
{{Portal|Louisiana|Schools}}
*[http://www.claibornepsb.org/ Claiborne Parish School Board] - Official site.
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[[Category:Education in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana]]
[[Category:School districts in Louisiana]]
[[Category:Homer, Louisiana]]