[Harry Doyle]

You only have 3 different sets here.
A) Private
B) Public *independent school districts which includes the city schools in #6
C) County schools which include every one in #'s 3, 4, 5 and county's in 6

*Independent doesn't mean PRIVATE, restricted, or that they will accept out of district students, although some do. Independent simply means they are independent from the county school. Here in Campbell County, we have 1 county school (Campbell County) and 6 independent school districts (Newport, Bellevue, Dayton, Fort Thomas, Silver Grove, Southgate) Depending upon their situation, ALL schools (county or independent) are able to decide if they will accept out of district students.If I understand it right, the perfect example of this, is here in NoKY. Boone County has 4 county schools with very strict boundaries. If you live in Conner's district, you can't go to Ryle. Kenton County also has 4 county schools. However, any student living in the county can attend any school in the county as long as they can arrange transportation, in other words if you live in the area where the school bus that would pick you up drops off at Dixie, it won't make a special trip to Simon Kenton just for you.

I fully realize and understand the difference between independent and private:Thumbs: All good, seriously. This is one of these examples where interpreting this through text is leading to misunderstanding.

I was just more or less pointing out that not only are the Privates and Independents representing the majority of state finalists, but the rest of the publics are coming from relatively populated areas.