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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Yep and the results are stark. All of the public schools near me look like sad run down places. With funding proportional to enrolments, theres a snowball effect where public schools get defunded as more and more parents opt to go private or indeed move out of a neighbourhood completely because they want a passable standard of facilities for their kids