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Collection

This photo is from the Chalmette High School 1991-92 yearbook.\r\n\r\nChalmette High School is located in Chalmette in St.\r\nBernard Parish, LA, just outside New Orleans. The\r\nParish was completely flooded during Hurricane\r\nKatrina. In the days after Hurricane Katrina a small\r\ngroup of dedicated staff, including school Principal\r\nWayne Warner and Assistant Principal Cookie Mundt,\r\nopened the school as a shelter for parish residents.\r\nThey were trapped in the school for four days with\r\nlittle food and water while they waited for rescue.\r\n

Citation

“[Untitled],” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed March 29, 2024, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/26865.