Funny how so many of these posts on here are from parents of kids who sent/could afford to send/were on scholarship (you can pic the one you want) at a private school. Nothing wrong with that, but I would imagine your perspective would be a tad skewed and your tone defensive, and it is. I straddle both fences. My oldest boy went to Miege, my youngest is in public school in Olathe, I coached for 30 years in public schools and private small colleges. All that being said, I have watched way too many private schools buy state championships. That was just the reality of it. I know way to many parents who paid no money to send their kids to those schools on "scholarship" and know, first hand, the kids who were recruited to go to those schools. I was a part of a state hearing against Kapaun in the 70's so it has been going on for a long long time. I don't think it is fair. Don't get me wrong, these are great schools and I have known some good people at all of them, but I think their advantage is too great and I think they really rip apart teams from the pubic schools in and out of their areas. I have always thought they should be separate. No sense being in denial about the reality of what happens though.