Can't deny that good programs win lots of trophies. What's a program? Starts with kids/athletes. Athletes start in community rec and club sports, including CYO, PAL, etc---also includes parents who encourage, support, transport kids to activities. Then comes coaches who can put kids together to make teams. If a team wins it may establish a tradition, which brings more kids into youth sports who then want to play in and with the winning tradition. BUT, without the kids, tradition, etc, coaches are nothing but teachers drawing additional pay for "coaching???" The issue before us is kids--not coaches!!

You mention some successful public school programs. When Lawrence High football was steamrolling everyone their enrollment I think was close to 3000 student---or at least twice any other school. They had enough kids/athletes to each year to roster two championship team. Public school dynastys come and go. Lawrence built a second high school and neither Lawrence or Free State has come close to the records of the old Lawrence HS. Yep, Hutch has been on a football roll for the last five or six years--don't see where they did much before then.

These public school achievements no way compare to the disproportionate state qualifiers, placers and championships of private and parochial schoos.