Hurricane Isaac Causes School Closures, Football Game Cancellations in Shreveport Bossier

With the threat of 6-10 inches of rain on Thursday from Hurricane Isaac, Shreveport and Bossier City officials are making preparations.

The National Weather Service in Shreveport predicts possible high winds, tornadoes, and power outages that jeopardize the safety and security of students and staff.

All Caddo Parish Public Schools and the district office are closed for Thursday, August 30, 2012 and Friday, August 31, 2012.

The closing of schools in the Caddo Parish Public Schools district include all after school activities, athletic practices and games, and night functions for this Thursday and Friday. Football games will be rescheduled. School will resume on Tuesday, September 4, 2012 since Monday is the Labor Day Holiday.

Shreve Memorial Library and all of its branches are closed.

All Bossier Parish school are closed Thursday.

All Three Schools in the Shreveport Catholic Diocese Will Be Closed Thursday. Those schools are Loyola, St. Joseph’s and St. John Berchman.

More School Closures for Thursday

Desoto Parish, Webster Parish, Bienville Parish, and Claiborne Parish public schools — Bossier Parish Community College — and Northwest Louisiana Technical College’s Mansfield Campus

This list will be updated as more closings are announced.

Sand bags are available to residents of both Shreveport and Bossier City.

• In Shreveport, they can be picked up at the Public Works office in the 38-hundred block of Mansfield Road. Proof of residency is required. Individuals can get up to 25 sandbags — businesses can get up to 50.

• In Bossier City, sandbags are available at the Public Service Complex on Old Shed Road. Bossier Parish residents can get sandbags at the Bossier Police Jury barn. And, in Caddo Parish, they’re available at Parish Public Works facilities in north Shreveport, Vivian, and Springridge.

In all cases, they’re only available during normal working hours.