Join us! LRTA is celebrating ten years of legislative successes while forging friendships.
Louisiana retired educators are invited to attend the LRTA State Fall Meeting on Monday, October 20 and Tuesday, October 21, 2025. The meeting will take place at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Registration/check in starts on October 20 at 12:00 p.m.
Louisiana education retirees are invited to attend the LRTA State Fall Meeting on October 20-21, 2025. The meeting will take place at Embassy Suites, located at 4914 Constitution Avenue in Baton Rouge. LRTA will hold a variety of informational sessions with guest speakers Leea Russell, LA Division of the Arts, Executive Director and Katherine Whitney, TRSL Executive Director. We will present the Name of Fame Awards to honorees from Districts III and IV , as well as distribute our annual Unit Challenge Awards. Additionally, LRTA will also have its annual wacky hat contest! We are so excited to see where the imaginative minds of our members go when creating their hats this year!
Note: Meeting and banquet pre-registration/reservations must be received by the LRTA office no later than October 13. Registration will be available at the meeting; however, banquet tickets are sold/reserved by pre-reservation only at $35/per person. (Registration link coming Monday, September8). No refunds after October 15.
HOTEL: Embassy Suites
Address: 4914 Constitution Ave. Baton Rouge, LA 70809
Book by Phone: (225) 924-6566
Book Online: CLICK HERE
Hotel Details:
- Complimentary breakfast included
- Use booking code “RTA” when scheduling your stay.
- $110/ one king bed/ per night
- $118/ two queen beds/ per night
Monday, October 20, 2025
10:00 : LRTA Foundation Board Meeting
12:30 : Registration Opens/Vendors
1:30 : LRTA Executive Board Meeting
5:00 – 6:30 : President’s Reception
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
8:00 : Registration / Exhibits
GENERAL SESSION
9:00 : Opening Ceremonies
9:30 : Rodney Watson, Ten Years of Legislative Successes / Forging Friendships & Sharing Memories
DOOR PRIZES AND BREAK
10:30 : TRSL Update: Katherine Whitney, Director
11:15 : Leea Russell, Director, Division of the Arts, La. Dept. of Cultural Development
DOOR PRIZES
12:00– 2:00 : LUNCH ON YOUR OWN
GENERAL SESSION RESUMES
2:00 : Memorial Service – Alva Martin, 2ndVP
2:15 : Unit Challenge Awards – Alva Martin, 2ndVP
2:35 : Nat Lacour Award – Dr. Levon LeBan
Horace G. Robinson Award – Dr. James Taylor
3:00 : Membership Workshop – Genevieve Gordon, 1stVP
DOOR PRIZES
4:00 : Hat Contest
BREAK
6:30 : Convention Banquet
Name of Fame Awards – Districts 3 & 4
Tribute to Rodney Watson
DOOR PRIZES
Announcements/Thanks/Acknowledgements
