Success Preparatory Academy, a K-8 public school in Mid-City, closed Friday for a day of mourning after two students were shot and killed within eight days of one another.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been told to stay in New York by critics over her plan to visit storm-hit Texas after she raised $2million to pay for emergency supplies.
The New York congresswoman flew out to Houston on Friday to meet fellow Democratic congresswoman Sylvia Garcia after a whirlwind of fundraising over just 48 hours.
But she did not receive a universal welcome, with critics online urging her to stay home.
Twitter user Karen Jean wrote: Pure pandering, You have no empathy for anyone but yourself. Stay in New York, don t those people need your help too?
However, allies praised AOC and contrasted her behavior to Texas Senator Ted Cruz s much criticized decision to fly out to Cancun on Wednesday with his wife, Heidi, and their two daughters, rather than stay at home to help his constituents.