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Thanksgiving 2020 found most University of Louisiana campuses, including UL Lafayette, have completed their fall academic schedules, with classes resuming for the spring semester in January.
November is an unusually early end for fall semesters, which typically extend well into December. And semester breaks of some six or seven weeks are unusually long between the two semesters.
Exceptions for early semester closings are at Northwestern State in Natchitoches and the University of Louisiana at Monroe, where at least some students will return after Thanksgiving.
Louisiana Tech in Ruston, which uses a quarter calendar system, also has completed its first quarter. Students will return for the second quarter of 2020-21 on Wednesday.
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Grace Riley and her husband, Kirk, are opening Inclusions Bakery and Dessert Bar in Steamboat Springs, offering tasty treats and savory fresh-baked items. (Photo by John F. Russell)
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS When customers walk through the doors of the Inclusions Bakery and Dessert Bar, they will be tempted by a large selection of sweet and savory items.
They will find tasty cupcakes, macaroons, carrot cake, bonbons, hot chocolate bombs and specialty desserts to please their sweet side and tomato basil crackers, tarts and quiche to satisfy their savory side.
But gluten is the one thing that is not on the menu.
Latest COVID stimulus bill to send Louisiana schools up to $1.6 billion combined
Will Sentell
Louisiana public schools and colleges and universities are in line to get a new round of aid from the latest federal stimulus package after landing $484 million earlier this year.
Public schools received $287 million in May and higher education $147 million from the $2.2 trillion federal CARES Act, and divided another $50 million that was left to the discretion of Gov. John Bel Edwards.
The legislation that congressional leaders agreed on Sunday night totals about $900 billion. The compromise still faced final votes in Congress Monday night.
It includes $23 billion for colleges and universities nationwide and $54 billion for public schools.