Hurricane Gustav - School Closings - Louisiana
General Education Online continues to monitor Tropical Storm Gustav to see where it may make landfall. As of the time of this writing, the most recent track is available at http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at2+shtml/024313.shtml?5day?large#contents.
The following school closings have been announced, many of these can also be found via http://emergency.louisiana.gov/Releases/SchoolClosures.html.:
If you know of any school closings not listed here, or on the Louisiana specific websites shown, please contact us via email to disaster@findaschool.net.
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Michael Viron
President & CEO
General Education Online
Lead, GEO Emergency Operations Center
The following school closings have been announced, many of these can also be found via http://emergency.louisiana.gov/Releases/SchoolClosures.html.:
- Delgado Community College and all Louisiana Technical Colleges in Region 1, will remain closed through September 2, 2008. The most recent statement issued can be found at http://www.dcc.edu/storm.html.
- Dillard University - All campus closed. Normal operations will resume at 1 pm, September 3, 2008, classes resume September 4, 2008. Ongoing updates can be found at http://www.dillard.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=130:emergency-planning&catid=41:administration&Itemid=161
- Herzing College New Orleans - New Orleans campus closed, and will remain closed until September 3, 2008. Continue visiting http://www.herzing.edu/campus.php?id=16 for updates.
- Louisiana College - Louisiana College will remain closed on September 2nd, decision will be made tonight as to whether to remain closed September 3rd. Continue visiting http://www.lacollege.edu/ for information.
- Louisiana State University Eunice - LSUE will remain closed on September 2nd. Continue visiting http://www.lsue.edu/ for updates.
- Lousiana State Unviersity - many LSU campuses remain closed through September 3rd. Visit http://www.lsu.edu for a full list. LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans to remain closed through September 3rd.
- University of New Orleans - Campus closed, scheduled to reopen on September 4, 2008. Visit http://www.uno.edu/ for updates.
- Loyola University New Orleans - Campus closed, but normal schedule for online classes. On-campus classes will resume September 4. Continue monitoring http://www.loyno.edu/emergencyannouncement.php for updates.
- McNeese State University - Campus closed at least through September 3rd. Continue monitoring http://www.mcneese.edu/ for additional information.
- New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary - Campus closed until September 4. Classes will continue to be taught online.
- Northwestern State University (Louisiana) - Campus closed until September 4. Continue monitoring http://www.nsula.edu/hurricane.asp for additional information
- Our Lady of Holy Cross College - Campus closed, will reopen September 3. Visit http://www.olhcc.edu/x671.xml for official communications.
- Our Lady of the Lake College - Baton Rouge and New Orleans Campus closed. Please visit http://ololcollege.edu/ for further information.
- Southeastern Louisiana University - All campus closed at least through Wednesday, September 3. Continue visiting http://www.selu.edu/ for further updates.
- Southern University - Baton Rouge - Campus closed on Tuesday, September 2nd.
- Tulane University - Campus closed. Visit http://emergency.tulane.edu/ for further information.
- University of Louisiana System - See http://www.uls.state.la.us/index.cfm?md=newsroom&tmp=detail&articleID=238 for campus closings.
- Xavier University of Louisiana - Campus closed, expected to reopen September 4. Continue visiting http://www.xula.edu/ for updates.
If you know of any school closings not listed here, or on the Louisiana specific websites shown, please contact us via email to disaster@findaschool.net.
Sincerely,
Michael Viron
President & CEO
General Education Online
Lead, GEO Emergency Operations Center