Good summary.
My area, a suburb of Charlotte, NC, has been on a school-building boom for about 15 years. It will be interesting to see how it plays out. In my opinion, one issue will be that the current schools are building built near expensive subdivisions. If the next generation can’t afford to buy those houses at a premium, then the upcoming student population will be located in apartment complexes and trailer parks way east of today’s new schools.
It’s all, “Pass the popcorn,” for me: we’ve been homeschooling since 1995.
We bought a second house in North Idaho to get away from the California insanity. This area is growing like crazy with lots of people fleeing CA. The town up the road tried to pass a $70 million school bond to build schools for all the families arriving there (subdivisions being built everywhere). It needed a 2/3 supermajority to pass; it got about 28% “yes” votes. People here don’t make a lot of money and do t want to tax themselves to build schools for the rich newcomers. It’s not pretty.
Congrats on 24 years of home-schooling! That is amazing. I honestly don’t know how home school parents do it.