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There are two parallel and mostly separate school systems in the U.S., public and private
The U.S. public education system is designed to make efficient worker drones
The private education system in the U.S. is so good other highly educated countries send their princes and children of billionaires
Repugnicunts have spent half a century crippling public education while donutcrats waved their fingers and said 'naughty naughty, don't do that guise'
Part of that strategy is funneling public school funds and services to private schools, from the children of the populace to the children of the elites
And none of you care, none of you ever bother voting on a local level, the proof is we are here now.
It's not going to get better and pointing out repugnican hypocrisy only makes them happy that you are powerless to stop them.