Each Catholic high school in NKY services a distinct community. St. Henry covers Boone and south/west Kenton. Holy Cross serves north Kenton. Villa Madonna provides the smaller, academy style education. Notre Dame and Covington Catholic serve the central Kenton suburban area and offer a unique educational experience. Covington Latin also offers a unique educational experience and geographical factors really don't influence enrollment because of it. Newport Catholic Central serves northern Campbell. Brossart serves southern Campbell. Each of these areas are distinct from the other in terms of geography, socio-economic demographics, and population. Each school holds a functionable purpose and I couldn't imagine the closing or merging of any of these schools making sense. One could make the argument for the merging of NCC and BBHS but the geography and strong traditions within each respective community would not make it the easiest transition or most stable union. You could also make the argument for the relevance of having Holy Cross with the existence of the much larger NDA and CCHS very close by, but the populations served by these schools are served better by them remaining separate. NKY is a region made up of very proud small communities, as evidenced by the many small public city schools still in existence mainly because of communal pride. We are unique in this, in the fact that we have nearly 30 secondary schools between the 3 counties. I see this issue being raised now not by legitimacy in the argument of Brossart closing or merging but in the fact a round of sensible changes brought by other facts (a controversial principal who brought good change in trade for a lack of popularity being replaced by a very popular and talented educator, a longtime AD being replaced by a younger in-house educator and coach, a temporary shortage in students, and the struggling of a football program that's struggles were inevitable).