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Not all private schools are the same. . .and private schools do NOT outperform public schools when all factors are held constant:

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2006461

But poverty is incredibly powerful:

http://www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/socialpolicy/2123.asp

I guess Catholic girls are just naturally 3-4 inches taller... I counted 27 on their team (wow)

funny, this conversation will not get them moved from A/AA...

Private schools have an extremely unfair advantage over public schools. Bishop England can draw from the entire county of Charleston, and Daniel Island, which is technically in Berkeley County. Charleston County has 330,368 people and is 1,358 square miles. No other AA school in the state can draw from such a large area, or from a pool of so many people. Take those numbers and compare them to another AA school, Barnwell. Barnwell High School draws from the city of Barnwell which is 7.8 square miles, plus the small town of Snelling, which is 3.1 square miles. The population of both is 5,281.

A pool of 330,368 people vs 5,281. That's 325,000 more people Bishop England can choose from.

I am not saying private schools should go to SCISA. But the 1.5 rule should be placed into effect.

1.5 rule? sorry for my not know what that is, but what do you mean?

For private schools, each student would count as one and a half students. So 800 students would equal 1200, thus moving them up a classification.

Kyle Heise has the same example on the 2nd page of this thread.

I don't want to hear any crying out of Barnwell, or I'll start losing respect for you.

Barnwell is doing a tremendous job of building a competitive 2A program. Just keep it up, and take your best shot at BE.

Continued good luck down there.

that would make sense,

I do want to say BE does deserve a round of applause, anybody AAAA, AAA, or stacked private school, if you beat Coach Fernando and his warrior wolverines girls, you deserve it. BE is just playing where the system allows them to play.

No crying here. Neither the boys or girls made it to third round so it's not like BE kept us from going to Stone Stadium. I kind of feel bad for the boys and girls of Waccamaw. The seniors will never get the chance to play on the pitch of Stone stadium, or hear their name called, or get a medal or a trophy presented to them there. Kids will never get the feeling of excitement playing in a state championship game, and all the emotions that come with it. It's just a shame for the kids, who work hard, but don't get the same advantages as other schools. Again, no crying, those are facts!!!

Until Mount Pleasant builds that second high school, and splits Superwoman right in half.....you should have the same sympathy for all the 4A girls schools!