Rapides Parish School Board

The Rapides Virtual Program is not a separate school, every school in Rapides Parish offers classes through the Rapides Virtual Program and every virtual student will be fully enrolled at his or her enrolled school. However, students in the virtual program will not go to the school campus to attend classes. If you have not already done so, you must enroll your child in his/her enrolled school in order to be a part of the Rapides Virtual Program. If your child was granted a hardship, you will need to enroll at the school in which your hardship was granted. 

WHAT: COVID testing with four-day electronic turnaround WHERE: Exhibition Hall next to the Rapides Parish Coliseum WHEN: Monday-Wednesday-Friday and Saturday 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Tuesday and Thursday 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. from Tuesday, July 21, 2020 through Wednesday, August 5, 2020. 

The City of Alexandria hosted its annual back-to-school giveaway, changing it to a drive-thru style because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The line of cars spanned blocks away from the downtown Fulton Mini Park. The city had 600 bags to giveaway from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. “This turnout is phenomenal,” Sakena Cannon said. Cannon is Alexandria’s youth program coordinator. She explained people were lined up around two hours before the start time. “It’s been a constant flow of kids, so I’m really excited to see everybody come out and get supplies.” With school set to begin on August 10 for Rapides Parish students with the coronavirus pandemic, things will look much different, but students still need school supplies.