". . .its interesting that when you look at non athletic activities under KSHSAA (Debate, Scholars Bowl, etc.) that the private schools seem to outperform the public shools by even a larger margin." shudog

Anecdotal: My youngest son was on two scholars bowl teams here in Norton that placed at State; second in 4A in 2002 and 3rd in 3A in 2003. In 2002 we lost the championship to a private school and in 2003 we were the ONLY public school to make the final four.