FEMA will pay for Catholic high school in St. Tammany Parish
Jan 28, 2008 1:37 PM
The Federal Emergency Management Agency will provide $16.6 million for the
new Archbishop Hannan High School to be built near Goodbee in western St.
Tammany Parish, La. The money will cover almost the entire budget for the
20-acre school campus. Hannan's original campus in St. Bernard Parish was
destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. After the storm, officials decided to relocate
the school to St. Tammany Parish, and students have spent the past year in
modular classrooms at St. Joseph Abbey near Covington.
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New Orleans Times-Picayune article.
FROM JUNE 2007: Their Meraux, La., campus destroyed by Hurricane Katrina floodwaters,
Archbishop Hannan High School officials have unveiled long-awaited designs for a
new four-building campus in Covington that is slated to open its doors to
as many as 800 students by fall 2008. The 22-acre campus will have four
buildings, including a two-story classroom building, a gymnasium with bleacher
seating for 1,000 and a stand-alone cafeteria with outdoor dining. The classroom
building will include two technology labs, two language labs, an art classroom
and several general classrooms. It will connect to a two-story administration
building that will also house a library. The design of the administration
building will allow a fifth building to be added later, if enrollment increases.
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here to read The New Orleans Times-Picayune article.
MAY 2007: The Archdiocese of New Orleans says construction of Archbishop
Hannan High School southwest of Covington is expected to be put on
the fast track, with plans still calling for the school to open in the fall of
2008. The school will be able to accommodate 500 to
600 students. The current enrollment of the coed school for eighth- to
12th-graders is 225 to 250 students. The original Hannan High in Meraux
was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. The archdiocese decided to reopen the school
in St. Tammany Parish after many of the school's parents relocated there.
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