Terrytown Elementary School kicked off first day for Jefferson Parish school Monday, August 15,2011 with the opening of its brand new building. Students have been housed on a temporary campus and in portable buildings on the site of the former school that was severely damaged when its' roof failed during Hurricane Katrina. The new state of the art building is the legacy of architect Anthony Joseph "Stony" Gendusa III, who died from lymphoma in the middle of the project,which was then completed by his family members.
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