A Louisiana Legacy

Thirty-one miles north of the Big Easy, across the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, and swaddled in acres of cypress, magnolia and moss-draped oak, Covington is a close-knit bedroom community that serves as the parish seat for St. Tammany, the fastest growing school district in the state.

For the past 33 years, Gennusa has managed the in-plant for St. Tammany Parish school district. He has watched it grow considerably during that time. But his decision to stay more than three decades has nothing to do with his refusal to fly.