School attendance policies should now support bulletin 741- which does not outline a maximum of number of days a student can miss.
According to Kevin Washington, Child Welfare Supervisor, the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) policy has always outlined how many days a student must be present and has been interpreted in the past by how many days a student can miss.

Minden Police have arrested a Bienville Parish pair for stealing tools from a local hardware store and pawning them for cash.
