BELL SCHEDULE - Jefferson Parish public schools were so badly damaged by Hurricane Ida that officials say it will be "tricky" to reopen before October, a full month after the storm. Orleans school officials are more optimistic, saying they will start the return to class Sept. 15. Here's the status of some other school systems:
Plaquemines Parish
Roman Catholic schools
St. Bernard Parish
St. Charles Parish
St. John the Baptist Parish
St. Tammany Parish
ACROSS THE LINE - In another city/suburban contrast, Jefferson Parish began evacuating residents of senior citizen apartment buildings just two days into Ida's power outage. In New Orleans, it was five days, at which point five residents already had died.
SEVERANCE NOTICE - Louisiana health officials are revoking Bob Dean's seven nursing-home licenses after he evacuated more than 800 residents to a Tangipahoa Parish warehouse for Hurricane Ida and four of them died as conditions grew increasingly hellish over a period of days. Dean blamed the Health Department for their suffering.
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In Jefferson Parish, buses were waiting outside the Wynhoven Senior Living Center and Metairie Manor apartment buildings two days after Hurricane Ida knocked out power to the region, ready to move residents out of the stifling heat and into shelters. Read more
Residents of the Metairie Towers condominium complex hauled away suitcases, moving boxes and artwork on Tuesday after learning from management that the building would need to be vacated for roughly a year to repair the damage caused by Hurricane Ida. Read more
Louisiana health officials announced Tuesday that they are revoking Bob Dean's seven nursing-home licenses after he evacuated more than 800 nursing residents to a Tangipahoa Parish warehouse for Hurricane Ida, where four people died as conditions grew increasingly hellish over a period of days after the storm's passage. Read more
