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How the iconic Catholic High School provides a leg up in business

January 3, 2025

default — GIVING BACK: The Brother Donnan Berry S.C. Student Center, completed in 2020, was the first new construction in over a decade on the historic Baton Rouge campus. Charles and Nancy Valluzzo, for whom the 600-seat Student Union is named, are high-level supporters of Catholic High School as are sons Chris and John, both graduates of the institution. (Tipton Associates/Ritter Maher Architects)

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When asked the question, “Where’d you go to school,” John Meek doesn’t respond with where he graduated from college. “It means high school around here,” says Meek, co-founder of Faulk & Meek general contractors in Baton Rouge. “Every time I hear that, I’m going to answer, ‘Catholic High.’ I might get to LSU after that,

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