What percentage of the “at risk” children were born out of wedlock and are being raised by welfare moms? Did the judge address that?
The judge should be targeting the teachers’ unions, not the taxpayers.
This country is facing “fundamental transformation” that is leaving the left in a lose-lose situation; young normals see their heritage ridiculed, their parents driven bankrupt by takers, and are “opting out” - of having families, buying homes, and in some cases, even working. They are content to pay someone else’s mortgage via rent because it leaves them free to flee when either the cost, demographics, or job opportunities impact them in a negative way - and the most socialist areas are desperate to somehow moor them to the bloodsucking population of unproductives and the government worker caste. NY state is offering the “Excelsior Scholarship” which offers “free” tuition to those who agree to remain in NY for the same number of years they receive the scholarship - they know they offer no other incentive for anyone with aspirations to remain in NY. My state of NJ is constructing similar schemes, especially for county colleges, but to my knowledge doesn’t (yet) involve the indentured servitude period upon graduation.
The Dems catered to parasites for decades, and now the hosts are fleeing; the huge pension liabilities in the news no longer have normals to fund them in the worst-off states.