Looks like LCA doesn&#39;t have a head coach any longer.

Posted by VermilionTiger

Member since Dec 2012

37584 posts

Posted on 1/19/24 at 7:42 am to Jenious

RIP LCA Football

You died too young

Posted by mdomingue

Lafayette, LA

Member since Nov 2010

30304 posts

Posted on 1/19/24 at 7:47 am to bamahata

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Where is this news coming from?

The word I get is that this is correct. Trev is heading to Lafayette Renaissance Academy.

I also hear a lot of the LCA football coaches will be heading there too. A few of the coaches are LCA coaches in other sports and teachers, those will probably not go.

Coach Reggie, one of the coaches on staff and probably my son's favorite back when he was there, and Trev go way back, and I think have worked together everywhere Trev ends up.

I will say that no one on the football side was happy about LCA moving back down to the 2A level. It was done to accommodate most of the other sports which struggled at the 4A level. I am not sure if this was a driver for Trev. Lafayette Renaissance High School is a public charter school with (as I understand it) enrollment not limited to Lafayette Parish.

When word gets out that Trev Faulk is coaching there, expect kids to want to go there. Enrollment policies may be the only hold-up for building a juggernaut of a program, as a Charter School they have very specific admittance guidelines. If the number of applicants exceeds the number of open seats at any grade level they have to have a lottery with a few exceptions detailed by state policies.

Info on Lottery policy

https://www.home.lafayettecharterhighschool.org/ourpages/auto/2023/11/20/51280567/LA_LotteryRules.pdf?rnd=1700512056573

quote:
The School will admit students of any race, color, nationality and ethnic origin, religion, sexual
orientation, or gender. Pursuant to section RS 17:3991(C)1a, the charter school shall enroll an
eligible student who submits a timely application unless the number of applications exceed the
capacity of a program, class, grade level or building. In such cases, all applicants shall have an
equal chance of being admitted through a random selection process. In accordance with RS
17:3991(B), a charter school may give enrollment preference to the populations denoted in the
Lottery Rules and Procedures.

quote:
Rules: Preferences
1. All preference categories shall be published prior to the lottery being conducted.
2. All applicants entitled to receive a placement preference shall be identified PRIOR to the
lottery.
3. Preference status entitles an applicant to be offered an available seat ahead of applicants
without a preference status.
4. All preferences shall be considered in the following hierarchy:
A. Applicant sibling of a currently attending student.
B. Students of Active-Duty military personnel.
C. Applicant child of: employee of school or other preference established in school
charter application.
D. Applicant sibling of an accepted applicant applying for the same academic year.
5. Siblings who are applying for the first time will receive preference only after one of the
siblings has been accepted.

Info on Lafayette Renaissance Charter High School

https://www.home.lafayettecharterhighschool.org/

Posted by choupiquesushi

yaton rouge

Member since Jun 2006

30555 posts

Posted on 1/19/24 at 7:52 am to mdomingue

charter schools are free.....

Posted by Epic Cajun

Lafayette, LA

Member since Feb 2013

32473 posts

Posted on 1/19/24 at 7:55 am to choupiquesushi

quote:
charter schools are free.....

Right, but there is still a lottery, so they may have a hard time recruiting kids, because they aren't guaranteed admission.

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Posted by chalmetteowl

Chalmette

Member since Jan 2008

47619 posts

Posted on 1/19/24 at 7:55 am to abovepar

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He is following Trev Faulk. LCA’s run is over. No more schollys for athletes is the reason…

Meh they’re still trying to build a strong schedule…

Posted by cheobode

Member since Dec 2017

1161 posts

Posted on 1/19/24 at 7:57 am to Midtiger farm

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Trev Faulk is going coach that charter school?

Isn't LCA and LRCA in the same district now?

Posted by Pedro

Geaux Hawks

Member since Jul 2008

33568 posts

Posted on 1/19/24 at 8:03 am to Epic Cajun

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Right, but there is still a lottery, so they may have a hard time recruiting kids, because they aren't guaranteed admission.

I don’t know how strict the state is with over seeing the lottery prices but I know a school here that gamed the lottery they were supposed to have to make sure certain kids did/didn’t get in. District found out and took over the process.

Posted by mdomingue

Lafayette, LA

Member since Nov 2010

30304 posts

Posted on 1/19/24 at 8:05 am to Midtiger farm

quote:
quote:
Looks like LCA doesn't have a head coach any longer.
He is following Trev Faulk. LCA’s run is over. No more schollys for athletes is the reason

Trev Faulk is going coach that charter school?

Why is LCA going to stop giving scholarships?

LCA will keep doing whatever they have been doing. But that is not the reason they have succeeded nor will it be the reason things are likely to fall off.

The reason their football program did what it did is because kids want to play for Trev. I do not know why Trev but I do know the football coaches wanted to stay in 4A, and the other sports all wanted to go back to 2A. That isn't surprising except maybe for Basketball.

Trev was the primary draw for LCA football, before Trev arrived they were decent but not nearly as good as they have been since he arrived. What happens from this point on will be mostly dependent on who they hire as a coach.

My son played for the previous coach at LCA, Derek Landry (he was the OC at Westgate last I checked), and he was a great guy and a good coach (also an exceptional math teacher). My son also played for Trev and I will tell you that Trev Faulk is an exceptional coach and a very good man. He also always brings Reggie Williams with him and Coach Reggie is an exceptional person who does everything in his power to develop these young men into more than football players.

Much of the football staff is tied to Trev and will probably move over. Their run at the level they have maintained is probably over.

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Posted by mdomingue

Lafayette, LA

Member since Nov 2010

30304 posts

Posted on 1/19/24 at 8:08 am to cheobode

quote:
quote:
Trev Faulk is going coach that charter school?

Isn't LCA and LRCA in the same district now?

Yup. Should be interesting.

Posted by mdomingue

Lafayette, LA

Member since Nov 2010

30304 posts

Posted on 1/19/24 at 8:09 am to chalmetteowl

quote:
quote:
He is following Trev Faulk. LCA’s run is over. No more schollys for athletes is the reason…

Meh they’re still trying to build a strong schedule…

They weren't expecting this, I can almost guarantee it.

Posted by terriblegreen

Souf Badden Rewage

Member since Aug 2011

9645 posts

Posted on 1/19/24 at 9:46 am to abovepar

quote:
No more schollys for athletes is the reason…

Bout damn time.

Posted by Double Oh

Louisiana

Member since Sep 2008

17816 posts

Posted on 1/19/24 at 12:13 pm to terriblegreen

So no scholarships but now free tuition. That coaching staff is just living right

Posted by chalmetteowl

Chalmette

Member since Jan 2008

47619 posts

Posted on 1/19/24 at 12:19 pm to Double Oh

quote:
So no scholarships but now free tuition. That coaching staff is just living right

But then you have to follow public school laws and deal with the public school stigma… and as a charter you’re still in the select division anyway

Posted by Kracka

Lafayette, Louisiana

Member since Aug 2004

40806 posts

Posted on 1/19/24 at 12:31 pm to Jenious

quote:
Hunter Landry is going to be the OC at Lafayette Renaissance Academy.

Well look on the bright side. At least he can recruit legally there, and he doesn't need Pastor Jay's money to do it.

Posted by tigertown79

Lafayette

Member since Dec 2007

435 posts

Posted on 1/19/24 at 12:35 pm to Epic Cajun

Edna Karr is a charter school, and pretty sure they will try to follow this model. They can control who they want to admit into the school so that will not be a problem. Edna Karr has 100% graduation rate and between the sports, band, clubs they excel so can basically "recruit" in all areas. Can be a monster if can get right, but I just feel bad for all the local public schools who will lose kids due to this.