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Evangeline Parish Private School Push Amid Desegregation Ties
In Ville Platte Louisiana public schools sit with desks idle as hundreds of white elementary pupils attend classes in makeshift sites like nightclubs and grocery stores while high schoolers study in a converted cattle auction barn. The Evangeline Academy, a new private system backed by Rev. Melvin Planche, has raised about 40000 in donations and tuition, with a plan for a 100000 dollar elementary campus opening early next year.
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