@Dutchess_III Mainly because the city schools have bad scores, and they don’t want those parents voting to elect school officials. Then add that the suburbs that already have inner city people who moved out the burbs (yes they are black people) now have more violence in the schools according to the parents, I have no idea if there are real stats to back that up. They also might be worried about what @seek said, but no one ever said that out loud to me, they did say the other two things I mentioned.
The inner city, Memphis, had its own school district, separate from the rest of the county. Memphis voted to give up their school charter and become part of the county schools. The towns in the county didn’t want “those” kids in their schools, they worried about kids being bused and about the parents voting as I mentioned. So, the towns in the burbs decided to vote to each have their own school district for each town, raise sales tax to pay for schools that would need to be built.
I voted against it. I didn’t believe for a second the increase in tax would be sufficient, especially in my small town. Also, I didn’t believe anyone was going to be bused so fast, especially not way out where I lived. Next, I think let’s try it with the county taking care of the school needs of the citizens of the county; give it a chance.
Plus, if the county running things does make education in the city better, then I want that. Although, I do admit, the vote is a concern. I know that sounds awful, but they were putting in idiots. I would never stop someone from voting, but this is one of the hazards of democracy. I think some school districts in the country don’t vote for some of those positions they are hired or appointed, I don’t know. I don’t know enough about how school systems work.