Vermilion Parish School Superintendent Puyau gets excellent evaluation

Jerome Puyau has been the Vermilion Parish Superintendent for 18 months, and he received his first evaluation from school board members on Monday night.
School board members and Puyau went behind closed doors for two hours.
When they came out of executive session, the school board members praised Puyau.
Board member Charles Campbell said, “Our Superintendent did have a very favorable evaluation. We appreciate the work he has been doing. Keep up the good work.”
School Board member Anthony Fontana, said, “I have been doing this since 1990, and this is the best evaluation process and the best discussion the whole board had with the superintendent.”
Fontana said the board and the superintendent work well together. He said he had spoken with board members in other districts who are surprised by how well Vermilion School Board members get along with their superintendent.
Puyau’s average score is a 3.8 out of a possible top score of 4.0.
A month ago the board members were given a form with 50 evaluation questions, and they had to score Puyau.
The school board members rated Puyau on how he handled the district finances, education, facilities, personnel and other subjects.
Out of 400 evaluation questions, he scored a 4 on 300 questions (47 percent); a 3 on 88 questions (22 percent); and a 2 on 12 questions (3 percent).
It was Puyau’s first evaluation by the school board members.
Fontana praised everyone in the school system from the cafeteria worker, to the teachers, janitors, nurses, aids, bus drivers, and administration.
“It is a team process,” Fontana added. “Because it is team process, we need everyone to work 100 percent. If they are not, then it is dragging the team down.”
Puyau thanked all the members for their evaluations. He stated the school board and him make a good team.
Puyau said he is striving to make Vermilion Parish the No. 1 school district in the state.
He is two years into a four-year contract.