text: Ambitious and conscientious OIA schools need to get smart about the situation and bolt the OIA.  Make a deal with the ILH, and collaborate and cooperate on both sports AND academics.  There is expertise in the private schools to be shared, but not enough to be shared broadly across all public school Districts or complexes.  The ILH should act like college sports conferences, take in selected public schools, and interact holistically.  Yeah, there will be backlash from the unions and even DOE.  But the OIA claims it is "separate" from the BOE/DOE.  That's why the BOE and DOE deny responsibility for their behavior.  What is the BOE going to do?  Refuse  private school contributions?    Fine.  ILH, start a sports super league and throw in educational resource support sweeteners.  PAC 12 has Stanford and USC as well as public schools.  All are elevated by affiliations surrounding sports.  Enough with the OIA crab in the bucket mentality.