If the PIAA board of directors wanted, could it legally split public and private schools into separate playoffs?  PIAA executive director Bob Lombardi has consistently said no, citing a 1972 law that forced Pennsylvania’s high schools together into one state association. But the public school administrators who organized Tuesday’s PIAA Playoff Equity Summit say yes, and hope to soon have an independent interpretation to bolster their position, New Castle superintendent John Sarandrea said.

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