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Valedictorian Lawyna Taylor, one of 11 students of the first and last graduating class of Livingston High School, celebrates after their commencement June 3, 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The school opened this past fall primarily for students displaced by Hurricane Katrina with modular classrooms on the grounds of a flooded school. The graduation was held in Franklin Avenue Baptist Church in the Ninth Ward which was also flooded with nine feet of water and only re-opened in April. The school will close this summer with plans for a new elementary school to be built on the grounds.
| Jun 5th 2008 5:28PM
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