| 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. | 
