Salem High School student injured by another in class

BY CHELSEY POLLOCK A Salem High School student sustained substantial facial injuries last week, police say, after another students chokehold left him unconscious. Salem police Capt. Shawn Patten said the incident took place during a construction class Friday, April 23, when one male student put another into a chokehold. The student lost consciousness, Patten said, and dropped to the floor. When …

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School board to hear about proposed bond

The wish list has been narrowed down for the Gretna Public Schools Board of Education. Last week the Citizens Building and Construction Committee met for the last time to come up with the most important projects to propose a fourth elementary school, a Gretna High School addition, land acquisition, bus barn addition and paving, and technology and security improvements.

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