Tangipahoa Parish School Board

Tangipahoa Parish School Board is a school district headquartered in Amite City, Louisiana, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States.

Robert L. Frye (1927-2011), the Republican nominee for state education superintendent in 1972, was a former member of the Tangipahoa Parish School Board.

[1] The Board has a long history of racial discrimination in the hiring of teachers.

During the period from 1998 to 2008, the Board hired fewer Black teachers than any other school system in the state.

[2] In 1994, the Board adopted a requirement that a disclaimer be read aloud before any instruction on the theory of evolution.

Ann Alexander Smith (right) is a retired teacher, coach, principal of Kentwood High School, and Tangipahoa Parish School System supervisor. In 2007 she was elected to represent District A on the Tangipahoa Parish School Board. Here she is shown with Southeastern Louisiana University instructor Dr Birgitta Ramsey. Smith was guest of honor for the 2011 Governor's Cup Banquet of the Kentwood Rotary Club , of which she is a former president.