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Line 40: − + − − In 1959, Picard began his educational career as a teacher at LeBlanc Elementary School in Erath, also in Vermilion Parish. He became a teacher/coach at Maurice High School in 1962. When his father died in 1969, Picard was named principal of Maurice High School, a position that he held for the following eleven years.<ref name=obit/> Line 50:
Line 48: − Picard retired as principal in 1980 when he entered the state Senate, but his interest in education continued. Picard was elected to his first full term as senator in the fall of 1979 and again in 1983, and 1987, when he defeated fellow Democrat Wade Vincent, 16,933 votes (73 percent) to 6,203 (27 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 1987.</ref> In the primaries of 1991 and 1995, Picard ran unopposed. He left early in his last elected term to assume the superintendency.+
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Picard was born to Romain Picard (1908-1966) and Evangeline M. Picard (1912–1990). He grew up on the grounds of Maurice High School because his father was the principal, and the Vermilion Parish School Board provided housing as part of the compensation. As a boy, Picard often gazed into the windows of the school, and although he was still too young to attend classes, he wondered what was happening inside the building. Despite his misgivings about a career in education, Picard graduated from Maurice High School and thereafter procured a bachelor's degree in upper elementary education program at the University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]], then Southwestern Louisiana Institute and later the University of Southwestern Louisiana. He obtained a [[Master of Arts]] degree in school administration from Sam Houston State University (then Teacher's College) in [[Huntsville, Texas|Huntsville]], [[Texas]].<re name=obit>Picard obituary, ''The [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] News-Star,'' February 20, 2007.
Picard was born to Romain Picard (1908-1966) and Evangeline M. Picard (1912–1990). He grew up on the grounds of Maurice High School because his father was the principal, and the Vermilion Parish School Board provided housing as part of the compensation. As a boy, Picard often gazed into the windows of the school, and although he was still too young to attend classes, he wondered what was happening inside the building. Despite his misgivings about a career in education, Picard graduated from Maurice High School and thereafter procured a bachelor's degree in upper elementary education program at the University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]], then Southwestern Louisiana Institute and later the University of Southwestern Louisiana. He obtained a [[Master of Arts]] degree in school administration from Sam Houston State University (then Teacher's College) in [[Huntsville, Texas|Huntsville]], [[Texas]].<re name=obit>Picard obituary, ''The [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] News-Star,'' February 20, 2007.
In 1959, Picard began his educational career as a teacher at LeBlanc Elementary School in Erath, also in Vermilion Parish. He became a teacher/coach at Maurice High School in 1962. When his father died in 1969, Picard was named principal of Maurice High School, a position that he held for the following eleven years.<ref name=obit/>
==Both houses of the legislature==
==Both houses of the legislature==
After three years in the state House, he won a [[special election]] to complete the term of state Senator Ned Doucet, Jr., in District 25, which encompasses all or parts of Acadia, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, and Vermilion parishes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/1880membership.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana Senate, 1880-2024 (Vermilion Parish)|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=February 7, 2020}}</ref> As Picard went to the Senate, he was succeeded in the house by Sam H. Theriot of Abbeville, son of the late Louisiana Comptroller Roy R. Theriot, Sr. (1914-1973).
After three years in the state House, he won a [[special election]] to complete the term of state Senator Ned Doucet, Jr., in District 25, which encompasses all or parts of Acadia, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, and Vermilion parishes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/1880membership.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana Senate, 1880-2024 (Vermilion Parish)|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=February 7, 2020}}</ref> As Picard went to the Senate, he was succeeded in the house by Sam H. Theriot of Abbeville, son of the late Louisiana Comptroller Roy R. Theriot, Sr. (1914-1973).
Picard retired as principal in 1980 when he entered the state Senate, but his interest in education continued. Picard was elected to his first full term as senator in the fall of 1979 and again in 1983, and 1987, when he defeated fellow Democrat Wade Vincent, 16,933 votes (73 percent) to 6,203 (27 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 1987.</ref> In the primaries of 1991 and 1995, Picard ran unopposed. He left early in his last elected term to assume the superintendency.
==Appointment as superintendent==
==Appointment as superintendent==