Saint Genevieve High School

Father Jeff Deikel hasn't performed on stage for more than two decades, but the Roman Catholic parish priest was more than willing to take a part in a high school production if it meant showing priests and teens in a positive light. At a time when sex abuse scandals are plaguing the Catholic Church, Deikel said his appearance in St.

At St. Genevieve High School in Panorama City, students greet visitors with handshakes and warm smiles. Football players are taught to respect opposing team members. Seniors welcome incoming freshmen with banners and breakfasts, instead of bullying them. And rowdy students are sent to the "Dean of Character Formation" to reflect on their behavior. "This school concentrates on helping us make good choices once we leave school grounds," said Christina Zaldana, a 17-year-old senior.

With the demolition of the old auditorium, St. Genevieve High officially broke ground Sunday on the construction of a gymnasium, something the Catholic school has done without since it opened in 1959. But some parents and former St. Genevieve employees say it will take more than a bulldozer to dismantle the wall of bureaucracy that has surrounded the campus in recent years.

St. Genevieve High named Darius Floyd boys' basketball coach Tuesday, athletic director John Yakel said. Floyd, a varsity assistant coach at Burbank High for the past three seasons, replaces Dan Donovan, who quit the job in early October to become a men's assistant at Valley College. Floyd was an assistant at El Camino Real High from 1986-1991. Floyd, who grew up in New Jersey, graduated from Moorpark College, where he played football and ran track.

The athletic department at St. Genevieve High, which recently replaced its baseball and football coaches, now has a new dilemma: whether to keep on staff a popular coach who has been indicted on six felony counts. Three-sport varsity coach Raymond L. Doyle, a former Los Angeles police detective, has been charged with forging the names of two judges on four search warrants and filling out two bogus reports based on those warrants.