CENTERVILLE — St. Mary Parish School Board members, who usually set policy for the parish’s public schools, heard Thursday about a policy the Legislature set for them — a ban on corporal punishment for special education students. At Thursday’s board meeting, members also heard about another development that may make more than 1,500 school board employees, retirees and their dependents feel as though their wallets are getting spanked. That’s a proposed 9 percent hike in health insurance premiums beginning next year. Negotiations are still underway. The corporal punishment policy change results from the passage of Act 266 during the 2017 state legislative ...