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As someone that grew up in one of the richest counties in his red state, the public schools were well funded with reasonable class sizes. The system continues to be one of the highest ranked in the nation.
They also didn't allow a JROTC program.
I wonder why it was so important for the county that this be the case, compared to everywhere else in state?
As someone who lives in one of the richest counties in a red state, they’ve already gutted the education system so there is no longer a difference between counties.
That state is Texas.
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/03/13/texas-budget-surplus/
https://abc13.com/texas-water-park-school-la-joya-isd-funding/4162905/
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/03/06/valere-public-schools-superintendent-salary-texas
And they consistently mislead voters about the effect of vouchers. If attendance in a public school drops, so does their funding. Period. End of story. Maybe the public school budget will stay the same or even increase but public school funding won't go anywhere but down.
The math is bullshit. Even if they said, "Schools keep 20% of the original funding," that's something like an $8000 loss. Do they save $8000 in transportation, building maintenance, lunches, books, materials, salaries, and extracurriculars because ONE student left?
The one positive thing I have to say about my state is that it hasn't gone full Texas... Yet.
The divide at that point becomes a class one, where the quality varies intensely by how rich each individual town is.
The pain comes when a struggling town can barely fund its own schools and the assistance coming from the top down to keep the lights on gets cut.
Sounds like Carmel, IN.