Not to mention it is very competitive to get into the high schools that gear toward the college bound students ( and those are even ranked ). Just because you live in the district doesn’t mean you can go to that high school.
Like everything else liberal, a liberal arts education raises the cost of college significantly with no visible means of usefulness.
An engineer needs college. So does a doctor, lawyer or any professional field.
Problem today is women’s studies program, minority studies programs and other programs that do not prepare a student for the real world, except to work at Starbucks.
Texas has thousands of jobs. We need professionals, not baristas.