[Orange Blaze]

Private schools have an advantage but its not the one most of you are whining about. I already told you about the advantage publics have over privates. Can anyone tell me what the actual advantage of a private school is? Not the excuses.

The advantage that private schools have over public schools is simply better academic opportunities. It is well known the public education system in this country is atrocious who can really blame a parent for paying for their children to have better opportunities. As far as the sports recruiting argument goes, yes private schools don't have borders per say but it also costs as much to go to some of these private schools as it does to attend a state university so this means that only a small minority of the available population will be able to attend a private school. Also, children whose parents have the resources to afford a private school will have a good chance at being successful in sports because they can afford private coaching, lessons, etc. For that reason, these kids would still be successful at sports even if they went to a public school.

I think another thing that is rarely pointed out in this argument is that it is mainly people who live in the rural areas of Kentucky complaining about private schools. All of the schools that were mentioned in the original post are located in metropolitan areas with large population densities which means there is a larger pool of potential talent to select from than you would have in a more rural area. These areas also have access to more resources and opportunities for kids to receive professional coaching whereas in the more rural areas, the majority of coaches are teachers who took a coaching job to make a little extra money and have very little formal training or education in the coaching field. This is why private schools dominate public schools on sports.