, ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Baby ▁Bo om . ▁ ▁Appro xim ately ▁ 7 6 ▁million ▁bo om ers ▁were ▁born ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁account ing ▁for ▁ 2 9 % ▁of ▁the ▁population . ▁ ▁The ▁gener ations ▁immense ▁size ▁brought ▁them ▁economic ▁powers , ▁r ises ▁in ▁electronic ▁mass ▁media , ▁and ▁a ▁high ▁level ▁of ▁education . ▁ ▁However , ▁obtain ing ▁this ▁high ▁level ▁of ▁educational ▁success ▁did ▁not ▁come ▁easily . ▁ ▁Despite ▁the ▁positive ▁ref lections , ▁this ▁unexpected ▁event ▁inf lic ted ▁problems ▁on ▁the ▁nation ▁as ▁well . ▁ ▁Because ▁of ▁the ▁high ▁fert ility ▁rate , ▁more ▁students ▁than ▁ever ▁flo oded ▁into ▁schools . ▁ ▁Based ▁on ▁elementary ▁school ▁en roll ment , ▁there ▁were ▁expected ▁to ▁be ▁ 3 , 7 0 0 ▁c atholic ▁high ▁school ▁students ▁by ▁ 1 9 6 4 . ▁ ▁M ater ▁De i ▁and ▁Re itz ▁Memorial ▁were ▁the ▁only ▁Catholic ▁schools ▁for ▁these ▁students ▁to ▁be ▁distributed ▁to . ▁ ▁Re itz ▁Memorial ▁was ▁built ▁to ▁hold ▁ 5 0 0 ▁students ▁and ▁was ▁handling ▁almost ▁twice ▁that ▁many . ▁ ▁M ater ▁De i , ▁built ▁for ▁ 6 0 0 , ▁was ▁almost ▁as ▁crow ded . ▁ ▁Class rooms ▁became ▁quickly ▁over c row ded ▁as ▁the ▁capacity ▁of ▁students ▁reached ▁its ▁maximum . ▁ ▁Bishop ▁Gr imm els man ▁decided ▁that ▁there ▁was ▁no ▁other ▁alternative ▁but ▁to ▁build ▁a ▁new ▁school . ▁ ▁Open ing ▁ ▁In