They are insane or paid off?
Fire them all and close down the school.
You do have a point, in that, it’s the parents and local taxpayers fault. They’re the ones that vote for school board and all those other positions like city council or county commission. For the most part, the elections that effect people and their wallets the most, whether it be property taxes or out of control development at the hands of local politicians bought and paid for by developers and the like. This whole thing could end tomorrow if the people were willing to do something about it.