Bastrop, Louisiana

==Education==
[[Image:Bastrop (LA) High School IMG 2828.JPG|thumb|[[Bastrop High School (Louisiana)|Bastrop High School]]]]

===Public schools===
Public schools located in Bastrop are operated by the [[Morehouse Parish School Board]], and include:<ref>{{cite web | title = Home | publisher = Morehouse Parish School Board | url = https://www.mpsb.us/Home | accessdate = November 5, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Bastrop High School (Louisiana)|Bastrop High School]]
* Beekman Charter School
* Morehouse Elementary School 
* Morehouse Magnet School

===Private schools===
Prairie View Academy is a private school in Bastrop serving kindergarten to grade 12.<ref>{{cite web | title = Prairie View Academy | publisher = Prairie View Academy | url = https://www.pvacademy.com/ | accessdate = November 5, 2023}}</ref>

===Postsecondary schools===
[[Louisiana Delta Community College]] has a campus in Bastrop.<ref>{{cite web | title = Bastrop | publisher = Louisiana Delta Community College | url = https://www.ladelta.edu/campuses/bastrop | accessdate = November 5, 2023}}</ref>

===Bastrop High School prayer controversy===
In 2011, graduating senior Damon Fowler objected to [[prayer]] at the Bastrop High School graduation exercises, claiming a looming violation of the [[First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States]].<ref name=Star>{{cite news|last=Southwell|first=Zack|title=Prayer sparks controversy in Bastrop|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20110521/NEWS01/105210325|access-date=May 21, 2011|newspaper=The Star|date=May 21, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525010151/http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20110521/NEWS01/105210325|archive-date=May 25, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The [[American Civil Liberties Union]] of Louisiana asked the school not to include a prayer in the May 20 graduation.<ref name=Star/> At the Thursday night rehearsal for the graduation, senior Sarah Barlow included a prayer that explicitly mentioned [[Jesus Christ]], and during the graduation, student Laci Mattice led people in the [[Lord's Prayer]] before a moment of silence. The school says that Mattice was told not to include a prayer.<ref name=Star/> Fowler stated that after his objections became public he was ostracized by other students.<ref name=Lebo1>{{cite web|last=Lebo|first=Lauri|title=Student Says He's Ostracized for Objecting to Graduation Prayer|url=http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatches/laurilebo/4631/student_says_he%E2%80%99s_ostracized_for_objecting_to_graduation_prayer/|work=Religion Dispatches|date=May 20, 2011|access-date=May 20, 2011}}</ref>