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Because of two tropical systems in the Gulf of Mexico, public, private, and Catholic schools have been canceled at least for the first few days of this week.
Catholic schools (Maltrait, VC and Mt. Carmel) began last week and but because of the storms, the Catholic schools canceled school on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Harvest Time Academy, a private school in Abbeville, canceled school on Monday and Tuesday. The Harvest Time administration will decide Tuesday at 1 p.m. for the rest of the week.

Public school schedule

Sandbags are now available in Vermilion Parish.
Every person will be required to fill their bag.
The Vermilion Parish Police Jury has sand available at its area barns throughout the parish.

Erath
In Erath, sand is available at the police jury barn on 13115 Mack Switch Road (937-5668).
There is also sand available in front of Erath City Hall. It would be best if you bagged your sand.

Gueydan

In Gueydan, sand is located at the parish barn at 29429 Veterans Memorial Drive (596-6930).

Alleged Gremlin gang member Aaron Carter thought he was about to leave the Vermilion Parish jail after posting a reduced bond of $25,000 for allegedly murdering an Abbeville teen in 2018.
Instead of becoming a free man after posting the bond, Carter was held in the parish jail and arrested by the Rayne police for a murder he is accused of committing in 2015.
The police first arrested Carter in 2015 for the alleged killing of Christopher Trent of Rayne. Trent, who was 32 years old at the time of his death, was shot multiple times in March of 2015.