Of course people can excel in TPS, but to say it's as good of an environment as a place like St John's or Toledo Christian is insane. Also the OHSAA has nothing to do with this, this a state of Ohio policy
If students can and do excel in those schools then why remove the best and brightest from those schools? If they remain in their schools wouldn't it make sense that the curriculum would be expanded and there would be more peer academic competition and collaboration? As well as improved test scores?
If private schools were to fund all of their scholarships internally and be allowed to provide those scholarships for any reason including athletics, then the OHSAA would be very much involved. I didn't spell that out, but that is what I was getting at in the prior post.
My focus would be more on improving the public schools and attempting to find ways to get rid of the high costs and inefficiencies created by too many requirements and government oversight. There does need to be transparency and accountability, but the oversight should not become so time consuming, expensive and burdensome that it takes away from classroom learning. Not a fan of schools being everything for everyone. Their job is to provide an opportunity of an education, but should not be expected to replace mom and dad or be expected to educate those who are a constant disruption and have zero desire to learn. Narrow the scope and get the focus back 100% on educating young people and away from all of the other BS that has entered into the school building.
Study the successful public schools by peer group and demographic and model the rest around them. This will never happen because there are too many special interest groups pushing an agenda instead of focusing on classroom education.
There does need to be some consolidation of the private schools in the Toledo area. The families/students who choose to attend them should be active, supportive and have at least some understanding and belief in the schools charter.