John Curtis

That, and it is like a preschool academically.

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That, and it is like a preschool academically.

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lol eddy lacy couldn't pass preschool.

Well all school have lunch and P.E, and my coach made us have a football period senior year because we were finished most classes.

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They don't recruit anymore

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You telling me Coach Corey quit scouring the local playgrounds? I find that hard to believe.

I have heard of the Free Period = football practice thing, but I find it hard to believe that they have like 3 regular classes a day.

It's definitely a combination of recruiting & being in the same scheme from pee wee fball till HS. The scheme is like a second nature once they get to varsity.

They get kids from all over also, I grew up in Nola east and 3 of my friends that lived around me went to Curtis.

Corey is not out there like he used to be. They're getting kids from much further away than they used to, Hahnville, LaPlace, Westbank, etc. Corey was always JPRD and Kenner, but parents have been seeking him out more than the other way around for a long time.

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They don't recruit anymore

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I find that hard to believe seeing as they have more talent now than probably ever.

The reason they have more talent than ever is because they've never had this many African American kids before. Many of them come from outside Jeff Parish because they like to win and think Curtis gives them the best shot to get to College. Perrilloux went there because his older brother wanted him there, not because Corey was recruiting in Reserve. Believe it or not, Corey coaching Biddy Basketball All Stars for Kenner used to get a lot of kids wanting to go there, both from Kenner and other areas.

I would add to what everybody else is saying that Jefferson Parish public school athletics are for shyte.

I'll put it like this: I don't think Texas lacks private school powers like Curtis because they don't let the privates in the UIL (except for the two Jesuits). They lack private powers because Texas public schools invest much into athletics, so there's no need for most parents to waste their time and money with a private school.

Why spend money on a John Curtis when you can go to programs like Southlake Carroll, Euless Trinity, Highland Park, etc., that really do it right. You can't find a school in JP that has its system down like Curtis, but you can probably find a dozen or so public school teams in the DFW area that have programs similar to Curtis, in terms of organization, support, etc. Now, none will be exactly like Curtis, because the hierarchy at Curtis is so unique, but they'll have tons of coaches, strong JV and freshmen programs, great facilities, continuity with their junior highs, etc., etc., etc.

Where you have that in Louisiana -- Monroe, Lake Charles, Lafayette -- you don't have the private schools dominating. For example, a great athlete doesn't have to try to get a scholarship to St. Thomas More, he can just "find" his way to Acadiana or Lafayette High if he's a baseball plaeyr. Where you've traditionally had shitty public school sports -- Shreveport, Baton Rouge and New Orleans -- you've had a "gap" filled by private school powers like Curtis and Evangel.

That's a huge part of it. If Jefferson Parish public schools (particularly on the East Bank side) placed the right emphasis in athletics, particularly in the 70s and 80s when Curtis was building itself up, then Curtis never would have become what it is.