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From the 1940s to the 1970s, Jefferson's population swelled with an influx of middle-class white families from Orleans Parish.The parish's population doubled in size from 1940 to 1950 and again from 1950 to 1960 as the parents behind the post–World War II baby boom, profiting from rising living standards and dissatisfied with their old neighborhoods, chose relocation to new neighborhoods of ...
The West Bank of Jefferson Parish did not have any Catholic High Schools prior to 1955, when Immaculate Conception parish of Marrero added Immaculata High School. It was envisioned to provide Catholic secondary education as an all-girls institution. However, the absence of an alternative for boys prompted parents to request admission of their sons.
Jefferson is a census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States, on the north side (referred to as the "East Bank") of the Mississippi River. Jefferson is part of the New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner metropolitan statistical area. The population was 11,193 at the 2010 census, [3] and 10,533 in 2020.
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Its parish school was the first school to be racially desegregated by the archdiocese, prompting boycotts and vandalism in the 1960s. Congregation went to Port Sulphur's St. Patrick Church. [4] Buras [6] 2008 [3] Our Lady of Lourdes Dedicated in 1957, destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. [4]
Jefferson Parish Transit, formerly known as Jefferson Transit, is a public transportation provider in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. It serves the most heavily suburbanized areas of Greater New Orleans , providing both local service and commuter access to New Orleans Central Business District .
In 1981 it had about 61,000 students and 75 schools. By 2012 it had 81 schools but about 46,000. That year there was a proposal to close seven schools. [5] Of the nine the Jefferson Parish School Board members, eight voted in favor of the closures and one voted against. [6]
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