1968 – LEARNING DISABILITIES – In the spring of 1968, the Caddo Parish School Board approved the recommendation of the Junior League and the Council of Jewish Women to initiate two programs for children with learning disabilities. The first, designed to help children already in school and experiencing difficulty, began in the fall of 1969 at South Highland School. Volunteers, under professional supervision, worked with students three days a week. The second program, called the Developmental First Grade, began in two schools in the fall of 1970 and was designed to screen, through testing of kindergarten children, students who might experience academic difficulties in the coming school years. The school board assumed responsibility for administering this program in 1972.