Louisiana Considered: Louisiana Educators Brace For New School Year During COVID-19 Case Surge, Tropical Storm Fred Approaches Gulf Coast

By Karl Lengel

Published August 11, 2021 at 1:24 PM CDT

A teacher at KIPP Central City Primary teaches an entirely virtual class, Fall 2020.

Associated Press Baton Rouge correspondent Melinda Deslatte tells us what she’s learned in her coverage of how Louisiana K-12 schools and university systems plan to start the 2021 - 2022 school year during the state’s worst surge in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations to date.
WWNO/WRKF education reporter Aubri Juhasz gives more details on how specific school districts plan to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 this fall. The delta variant of COVID-19 has been proven to affect children more frequently than the original virus.
Meteorologist Dan Holiday briefly discusses Tropical Storm Fred, which may bring storms to the Gulf Coast this weekend.

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Karl Lengel has returned to New Orleans to serve as WWNO’s local host for All Things Considered, a post he held here pre-Katrina. Besides radio, Karl has had a long theatrical career too; read on to learn all about our talented and versatile announcer!

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