Walker High School is a public high school located in Walker, Louisiana, United States.
It is part of the Livingston Parish Public Schools system and was founded in 1921 as a community school for the residents of Walker.
The school is currently located off of Burgess Ave and serves students in grades 9-12 in the Walker community.
Walker High School is a member of the Louisiana High School Athletic Association and offers a wide variety of sports and programs.
Extracurricular activities are also offered in the form of performing arts, school publications and clubs.
Recently, the school’s principal, Jason St. Pierre, has requested to take leave for the remainder of the 2023-2024 school year.
This comes after he was accused of punishing a student over a dancing video.
However, the principal has also been involved in school events such as the Veterans Day ceremony.
Walker High School also offers extensive Business and STEM courses for students to participate in.
It is the only high school in Livingston Parish to offer principles of engineering and robotics courses for students to earn credit in.
Walker High School principal resignation
According to recent reports, the principal of Walker High School requested to take leave for the remainder of the 2023-2024 school year.
This comes after he was accused of punishing a student over a dancing video.
The student, Kaylee Timonet, was removed as the student government president and had her scholarship recommendation rescinded by the principal over a “twerking” video.
This decision was met with backlash from fellow students and parents, who called for his resignation.
The principal has since reversed his decision and reinstated Timonet’s scholarship and student government position.
However, he has still requested to take leave following the controversy.
The school board has launched an investigation into the principal’s handling of the situation.
Who is Jason St. Pierre and what did he do?
As mentioned above, St. Pierre is the principal of Walker High School.
He has been in the news recently after he removed an honor student’s scholarship recommendation and kicked her off the student government association over a “twerking” video.
This decision was met with backlash from fellow students and parents, who called for his resignation.
The principal has since reversed his decision and reinstated the student’s scholarship and student government position.
However, he has still requested to take leave following the controversy.
The school board has launched an investigation into the principal’s handling of the situation.
Prior to this controversy, St. Pierre was named the 2022 Varsity Brands School Spirit Principal of the Year.
Who is Kaylee Timonet?
Timonet is a senior at Walker High School in Walker, Louisiana.
She was recently involved in a controversy with the school’s principal after he removed her scholarship recommendation and kicked her off the student government association over a “twerking” video.
The video was taken at an off-campus party following the school’s Homecoming dance.
The principal’s decision was met with backlash from fellow students and parents, who called for his resignation.
However, he has since reversed his decision and reinstated Timonet’s scholarship and student government position.
Timonet and her mother have responded to the principal’s apology in a video.
Kaylee Timonet video
Homecoming parties are one of the most looked-after parties and get-togethers that gets celebrated in educational institutions.
People ask their partners to accompany them to the party, they dress up well, and have a whole lot of memories.
However the after-parties do tend to go a little wild, but that’s mostly under private parties.
This time something hideous happened to a girl because of her participation in the after-party, netizens are angry regarding the whole judgment, read on to know all about it.
The video made news after a girl claimed that her scholarship had been revoked because a video of her dancing at the homecoming after-party had been shared online.
The scholarship given to Timonet for her 4.2-grade point average was later canceled because a video of her ‘twerking’ became widely known.
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Timonet stated;
“They basically told me I should be ashamed of myself and that they were concerned about my afterlife if I wasn’t following basically God’s ideals, which made me cry even more. I felt like my life was over.”
When Timonet told her story of losing her scholarship from Walker High School as a result of a video of her dancing at the homecoming party, social media users reacted with outrage.
She argued that her acts were only for ‘innocent fun’ and even brought her parents to school with her to talk to the principal.
Unfortunately, this did not result in a settlement, and social media users are outraged over the actions taken by the school administration.
