9:30 LRN Newscast June 8

It’s the first day on the job for Cade Brumley, Louisiana’s new superintendent of education. Brumley says his goal is to produce more college-ready graduates and also improve the accessibility of pre-k education…
cut 8 (11) “….of third grade”
Brumley says the most immediate challenge is the upcoming school year as local school districts look to bring students back to the classroom.

The former director of the Loyola University school of mass communication in New Orleans, Sonya Duhe, no longer has a job at Arizona State because A-S-U learned of allegations made against Duhe involving racism and insensitivity towards students. Duhe was set to officially take the job at Arizona State July first. She was hired on March sixth. Duhe spent a decade at Loyola University.

The center of Tropical Storm Cristobal will move over northeast Louisiana this morning bringing more rain to the Bayou State. Some roads were flooded in southeast Louisiana as a result of storm surge. State Climatologist Barry Keim says dry air from the west helped create a lopsided tropical storm that didn’t produce a huge impact in Louisiana…
Cut 15 (12) “…northern side.”

Disaster food stamps will not be needed for this storm event, but the Department of Children and Family Services Secretary Marketa Garner Walkers is encouraging low to moderate-income households to register for disaster food stamps when there is a significant weather event…
cut 11 (09) “…underwater”
To register go to D-C-F-S-dot-la-dot-gov-backslash d-snap.