All true, however I think my point is slightly different. It goes way beyond ranting on FR. It likely will go way beyond even electing school board members, because even the most attentive and responsible are going to be unable to consistently monitor the teachers, which is where the problem exists.
In other words, this is still really relying on gubment to do the parents’ job for them. So, as you suggest, ultimately homeschooling is the only response. However, I fully understand that there are some who either because they are convinced of their own lack of competence in more than a couple of subjects and/or financial restraints one parent cannot remain in the home to educate. So in that case you would do homeschool coops. That will work for a while, perhaps a long while. But to the extent there is growth, ultimately you are back in the same situation of having to rely on someone else (yes, far more closely vetted and without the authority of the gubment behind them) to educate your kids.
We knew we were over target when we read stories about municipalities and districts fretting about lost tax revenue, erm, enrollment declines. They started with the usual fear porn (e.g. cutting football) because a loss of cash means a loss of power.
Those stories are fun, but they're empty calories. We KNOW they'll find some way to regain that pound of flesh. And, to be fair, a blue-pilled public would vote FOR a property tax increase because they're afraid sports programs will be cancelled (as if; meanwhile music and the arts are gone but that's a separate discussion).
True dat, homeschooling is daunting for many and it often involves a loss of income. On the former, I fear it's really good parents self-selecting out; with apologies to Buckley, I'd entrust the first dozen+ people in the phone book to educate children over the current local faculty. They can't do any worse. On the latter, well...we need a generational re-thinking of the costs of parenthood. Public school, as we discussed, isn't a free good especially when it comes to the essence of a child.
I saw great promise in pandemic "pods" (the MSM vilification of this "privileged" alternative was telling). Indeed, the little DoodleBobs thrived in their coop. I hope that THIS alternative gathers steam - I believe it's better than charter schools and vouchers. I'd say that homeschooling and coops are the educational equivalent of "Going Galt." I'm glad your part of that effort.