LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - The Calcasieu Parish School Board has made key decisions to tackle a persistent issue for parents and staff: heavy traffic and limited parking at T.S. Cooley Elementary and Moss Bluff Elementary.

For T.S. Cooley, the board voted to buy a vacant lot at 608 Orange Street for additional parking.

For Moss Bluff Elementary, the board discussed buying a lot at 276 School Street.

“This will allow us to do a stack road directly behind Moss Bluff Elementary to get the traffic off of Sam Houston Pkwy. This is something that we needed to do for a while,” CPSB Superintendent Jason VanMetre said.

However, the lot received some pushback from some members of the board. They expressed concerns about the appraisal and selling the house on the land, which has been on the marke

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