Two schools share campus in Metairie, La.
Last year, Jefferson Parish (La.) public school officials moved Deckbar School and its students from their former campus in Old Jefferson to a vacant classroom building at Rudolph Matas Elementary School in Metairie. The mingling of the two student bodies on a single campus has had its share of challenges, but administrators say they are doing whatever they can to assure the safety and academic well-being of their respective students. Deckbar, which serves special-education students, needed a new home so its old campus could house the Patrick F. Taylor Science & Technology Academy.