You just can’t argue that prep schools and public schools offer the same education and athletics. They are no where near the same. But for some reason, parents heads are in the sand, they don’t see the list of top high school lacrosse teams, the list of top lax players and where they go to high school. Or they just choose to ignore the reality of lacrosse being a highly skewed sport towards private and prep schools.
The resources a prep school or private school has to support students far exceeds the total government average per pupil funding in the US in 2021 of $14,840. If you don’t think that buys a better overall education and athletic experience, I don’t know what to tell you.
Top High School team in Virginia (Riverside) played Gonzaga this past spring. Gonzaga had an off year, and they were up 8-0 in the second quarter before putting in the JV. Riverside was like undefeated the rest of the season.
Public schools literally can’t stay on the field against these elite private schools. It’s just a fact. Take the best public school in amd and match them up against BL, McD, etc, they’d lose by 15+
