The plan to reopen schools; plus, Ida looting and stench stacks
| By Drew Broach | Deputy metro editor EVACU-CATION ENDS: Eleven Jefferson Parish public schools will reopen Sept. 20 after a three-week shutdown caused by Hurricane Ida. Another 20 will open Sept. 24, and 41 will follow Oct. 1. But leaders of the Louisiana's largest public school system said they still don't have a plan for students of three devastated campuses: Grand Isle School and Leo Kerner Elementary and Fisher Middle-High School in Jean Lafitte. Most New Orleans charter schools plan to reopen Sept. 15-22. In St. Charles Parish, there is no reopening set, leaving parents anxious about their children's education. IDA LOOTING: As might have been feared, reports of looting in New Orleans spiked after Hurricane Ida blacked out a city that many had evacuated. Authorities have arrested 72 people on looting charges and obtained warrants for 17 more. STENCH STACKS: Thirteen days after the storm, a stench is haunting New Orleans and its suburbs. The contents of powerless refrigerators have been emptied into outdoor garbage bins that are rotting in the heat, and now as residents return and add more garbage to the pile, the putrid odors are only compounding. More garbage requires more time for collection trucks to travel between the landfill and the service routes, and it's only in recent days that some haulers have been able to get close to fully staffing. You'll find these stories and more in the Front Page and on NOLA.com. Welcome to the weekend. D.B. |
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| A handful of Jefferson Parish schools will reopen starting Sept. 20, kicking off students’ staggered return to the classroom after Hurrican… Read more |
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| After Hurricane Ida damaged their Destrehan home, Abby Cassange, her husband and her four children, ages 1-12, moved into the family's 30-f… Read more |
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| Outside Frederick Douglass High School Thursday afternoon, a flatbed truck full of generators hummed, hooked up to dehumidifiers and post-I… Read more |
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| Eight days after Hurricane Ida made landfall, Mike Abdul was tired. He still didn’t have electricity at home, and his business — Queens Beauty Supply on South Claiborne Avenue — had been looted not once. Not twice. Read more |
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| Rebecca Jostes and her husband returned with their nine-month-old baby to their Pigeon Town home on Sept. 4, nearly a full week after Hurricane Ida lashed the city and surrounding areas. Read more |
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