New Academy of Our Lady campus rising steadily on the West Bank

A state-of-the-art campus for the Academy of Our Lady is rising from the ground in Marrero. Steel framing is well underway on the school gymnasium, science labs and classroom buildings, above. Salesian Sister Michelle Geiger, principal, hopes the new facility will be ready by mid-November 2014, and perhaps with an extended Christmas break, the girls could move into their new home in January 2015. “Wouldn’t that be wonderful? But I’m making no promises,” she said with a laugh. “We have to pray that everything stays on time and there are no hurricanes or anything like that.” Virtually all the roads and the parking areas have been poured. Steel framing for the administration building, chapel and library will be sprouting up next. Citadel Construction is the general contractor on the 120,000-square-foot project. The new campus is adjacent to Archbishop Shaw High School, off Barataria Boulevard.