Editing St. Joseph, Louisiana (section)

==Education==
[[Image:Tensas High School, St. Joseph, LA (revised) IMG 0265.JPG|thumb|left|Consolidated Tensas High School in St. Joseph]]

Tensas High School, a consolidation of three former schools, Joseph Moore Davidson High School in St. Joseph, [[Newellton High School]] in Newellton, and Waterproof High School in Waterproof, began operating in the fall of 2006 on the Davidson campus. The [[Tensas Parish School Board]] has attempted to improve educational quality by focusing on one high school for the entire parish, which has the smallest population of any parish in Louisiana. Troubles broke out at the school on November 2, 2006, and fourteen students were arrested by the [[sheriff]]'s department.<ref>[http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061103/NEWS01/611030317 ''Monroe News-Star'', November 3, 2006]</ref> Overt tensions thereafter subsided.

In August 1970, Tensas Academy, a [[private school]], opened in St. Joseph during the first semester of school [[desegregation]] after the district was ordered to comply with federal courts. It is still operating.