The biggest advantage private schools have over their public counterparts is parental involvement. Anything regarding district boundaries are more a case of the public schools choosing to handicap themselves, which in turn certainly provides an advantage for the private schools, just not sure how that can be construed as the fault of the private schools...
the 21-0 1974 game was my first ever &, like you, haven't missed one since, but that streak ends this Friday, gotta go to a wedding, & it's KILLING me!!!