Plaquemines Parish School System Superintendent Dr. Shelley Ritz, left, addressed the membership of the Plaquemines Association of Business and Industry (PABI) at its September meeting and discussed the state of the parish school system and plans for the future. With Ritz is PABI Executive Director Bobby Thomas.

Belle Chasse Elementary School was hit by a . re in the evening of September 17, causing a plume of smoke to rise from the building and leaving behind signi. cant damage to at least one room.

'Benny' Rousselle