School closures

Many schools announced reopening plans on Thursday after a winter storm shut down campuses across the state.

Delores Taylor Arthur School for Young Men closed Friday, and its students are now frantically trying to find spots to finish out the school year. Parents say that the school’s mid-year closing was a tragedy that could have been foreseen – and prevented.

An all-boys high school in Gentilly will shutter at the end of the month, forcing about 100 students to change schools mid-year.

Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School for Sci Tech, a K-12 school, has an F-letter grade from the state and is among the lowest-scoring public schools in New Orleans.

Many Louisiana school districts and colleges plan resumed classes on Friday after closing for Hurricane Francine.

Some schools will begin closing Tuesday to give students and staff time to prepare for Francine, which is expected to strengthen in the Gulf of Mexico and make landfall in Louisiana Wednesday.

Two New Orleans public schools have announced plans to close at the end of the school year due to low enrollment a month after a school board meeting revealed the district has too many seats and not enough students.

There are more than 3,000 empty public school seats in New Orleans, each one costing the district money it doesn’t have, according to data shared at a special school board meeting Thursday morning.

Widespread power outages have halted schools in the New Orleans area. While some parents are hopeful for a remote learning option to make up for lost school days, several school leaders have said that is not likely.

Predicted severe thunderstorms and possible tornadoes Thursday have prompted many New Orleans-area schools to close early. Below is a list of schools and…