"Those teacher's union votes are more important than providing quality education, I see."
I almost think we need a Constitutional Amendment specifying the personnel that a public school may hire.
One principal, one vice principal, one nurse, X teachers per student, X lunch ladies per student, X janitors per specified unit of floor area, and no one else, ever. School boards shall be unpaid. The duties of the superintendant shall be restricted to ensuring that students' test scores meet criteria, or, if they don't, that failing teachers and/or principals are fired and replaced.
Throwing money at the mess we have now isn't going to help a thing.
Or we could just switch over to school vouchers and let that happen on its own.