Editing Waggaman, Louisiana (section)

==Education==
[[File:NorbertRillieuxSchool.jpg|thumb|Norbert Rillieux Elementary School]]
[[Jefferson Parish Public School System]] serves Waggaman.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st22_la/schooldistrict_maps/c22051_jefferson/DC20SD_C22051.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Jefferson Parish, LA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-03-02}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st22_la/schooldistrict_maps/c22051_jefferson/DC20SD_C22051_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

All residents are zoned to:<ref name="Wagmap">"[http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st22_la/place/p2279100_waggaman/DC10BLK_P2279100_001.pdf 2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Waggaman CDP, LA]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140519063901/http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st22_la/place/p2279100_waggaman/DC10BLK_P2279100_001.pdf Archive]). [[U.S. Census Bureau]]. Retrieved on May 19, 2014. Compare this map to individual school attendance zones map.</ref> Cherbonnier K-8 School in Waggaman CDP for elementary and middle school.<ref name=WestbankESZone2023>{{cite web|url=https://la50000440.schoolwires.net/cms/lib/LA50000440/Centricity/Domain/142/WB%20ELEM2324.pdf|title=Elementary School Districts 2023-24 West Bank of Jefferson Parish Louisiana|publisher=[[Jefferson Parish Public Schools]]|access-date=2024-03-02}}</ref><ref name=WestBankMSZone2023>{{cite web|url=https://la50000440.schoolwires.net/cms/lib/LA50000440/Centricity/Domain/142/WB%20MIDDLE2324.pdf|title=Middle School Districts 2023-24 West Bank of Jefferson Parish Louisiana|publisher=[[Jefferson Parish Public Schools]]|access-date=2024-03-02}}</ref> Previously the school, then Lucille Cherbonnier/Norbert Rillieux Elementary School, was two separate campuses: Norbert Rillieux Elementary School and Cherbonnier Elementary School.<ref name=ESzone2009>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20100423003140/http://www.jppss.k12.la.us/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=2147491352 Elementary School Districts 2009-2010 West Bank of Jefferson Parish Louisiana]" ([http://web.archive.org/web/20100423003140/http://www.jppss.k12.la.us/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=2147491352 Archive]). [[Jefferson Parish Public Schools]]. Retrieved on May 18, 2014.</ref> In 2012 the superintendent recommended that the schools be consolidated with the Cherbonnier campus being used.<ref>"[http://esbpublic.jppss.k12.la.us/com/print_item.aspx?itemId=5514 SR-3 School Closure, Consolidation, and Boundary Changes for the 2012/2013 School Year]." ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140519041128/http://esbpublic.jppss.k12.la.us/com/print_item.aspx?itemId=5514 Archive]) [[Jefferson Parish Public School System]]. Retrieved on April 1, 2013.</ref> The zoned high school is [[L.W. Higgins High School]] in [[Marrero, Louisiana|Marrero]].<ref>"[http://jpschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/12-13-wb-high-dist.pdf High School Districts 2012-2013 West Bank of Jefferson Parish Louisiana] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130905105429/http://jpschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/12-13-wb-high-dist.pdf |date=2013-09-05 }}" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20130905105429/http://jpschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/12-13-wb-high-dist.pdf Archive]). [[Jefferson Parish Public Schools]]. Retrieved on May 18, 2014.</ref>

When Cherbonnier/Rilieux was elementary-only, it had elementary grades, while Henry Ford Middle School in [[Avondale, Louisiana|Avondale]] had middle school grades.<ref>"[http://jpschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/12-13-wb-middle-dist.pdf Middle School Districts 2012-2013 West Bank of Jefferson Parish Louisiana] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130905133401/http://jpschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/12-13-wb-middle-dist.pdf |date=2013-09-05 }}" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20130905133401/http://jpschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/12-13-wb-middle-dist.pdf Archive]). [[Jefferson Parish Public Schools]]. Retrieved on May 18, 2014.</ref> Henry Ford later became Gilbert PreK-8 School.<ref>{{cite web|last=Broach|first=Drew|url=https://www.nola.com/news/education/jefferson-parish-is-renaming-two-public-schools-for-tom-benson-emmett-gilbert/article_000c8e07-4098-5187-86e2-5bc08b5b6759.html|title=Jefferson Parish is renaming two public schools for Tom Benson, Emmett Gilbert|newspaper=[[The Times Picayune]]|date=2019-05-25|access-date=2024-03-02}}</ref>

In regards to advanced studies academies, residents are zoned to the Marrero Academy.<ref>"[http://jpschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/wb-elem-magnet-dist-ltr.pdf Westbank Advanced Studies Academies Attendance Zones] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130905102905/http://jpschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/wb-elem-magnet-dist-ltr.pdf |date=2013-09-05 }}" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20130905102905/http://jpschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/wb-elem-magnet-dist-ltr.pdf Archive]). [[Jefferson Parish Public Schools]]. Retrieved on May 18, 2014.</ref>

[[Jefferson Parish Library]] operates the Live Oak Library in Waggaman.<ref name="Wagmap"/><ref name="Libprof">"[http://www.jefferson.lib.la.us/branches/jplpage.liveoak.html Live Oak Library]." Jefferson Parish Library. Retrieved on September 28, 2010.</ref> The library, located adjacent to Thomas Jefferson Park, opened in 1989. It is designed to appear similar to an Acadian style cottage.<ref name="Libprof"/>