SOURCE: www.democratandchronicle.com

November 11, 2015

The question of whether high school sports teams from private/non-public schools should be allowed to compete for the same championships with public school teams, has been raised over and over for decades.

The current arrangement in the New York State Public High School Athletic Association puts private/non-public teams on the same fields, courts and courses during the regular season, sectional and state tournament competition. A group of 18 superintendents of public school districts in NYSPHSAA-affiliated Section V wonder if this should continue.

Usually, this is said privately or at Section V meetings, but the Monroe County Council of School Superintendents placed a proposal on paper with the question "is it fair, is it equal?'' and sent it to the NYSPHSAA.