Public schools closed another week
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East Baton Rouge Parish public schools won’t reopen until at least Monday, Sept. 15, but parochial schools in Baton Rouge are trying to open as early as Wednesday.
East Baton Rouge Parish Superintendent Charlotte Placide said today that she hopes to open at least some schools on Sept. 15.
All school system employees are being directed to show up for their normal work day on Wednesday. They are to assess the situation at their schools and report to their administrators.
Placide said she hopes to know after administrators meet again on Thursday which schools can open.
Sister Mary Michaeline, superintendent of schools for the Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge, said she is holding a meeting with principals at 2 p.m. Monday at the Catholic Life Center at 1800 S. Acadian Thruway. She said she hopes to know by then whether schools can reopen on Wednesday.
Placide said she would work with the Diocese of Baton Rouge to open the 17 parochial schools early, depending on her ability to pick up children safely with school buses.
Placide also said there are only 17 of almost 90 schools with electrical power. Michaeline said she has only three of 17 schools in Baton Rouge with power. All four Catholic schools in Tangipahoa Parish have power and will reopen Monday as planned.
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