The Evangeline Parish School Board held its bi-monthly meeting tonight (Wednesday) in the School Board Media Center.  It was a light agenda, but the Board was briefed on the sale of 8.5 million dollars of The Evangeline Parish District No. 7 General Obligation Bonds.  Advertisement for bids were posted and four entities placed bids on the bonds:  BOSC (Bank of Oklahoma) at a rate of 2.569; First Tennessee at a rate of 2.6706; Robert Baird – 2.728; and Raymond James at a rate of 2.759.  The Board was informed the lowest bidder was Bank of Oklahoma.  The sale was approved in the November 2015 election.

In other news, the Board approved permission for Ted Soileau of the School Board to advertise for multi-purpose welders, Lincoln Invertec V350 PRO in order to upgrade the NCCER Welding Program at Evangeline Center using Carl Perkins and Career Development Funds.