When I was a kid, our town had 5 high schools. One was college prep. Was was a general high school. One was for trades like construction, plumbing, and electrical. One was for “business support” (ie Secretaries and bookkeepers). One catholic school.
Everyone picked in 8th grade where they were going.
It worked pretty well.
In the 80’s they combined three of the four public.
They’ve spent the past 20 years trying to rebuild the four paths. It’s never going to achieve the success the city had from 1920 through the 80s.
But, the educators felt good that they were increasing diversity and getting rid of “stigmas” associated with being a “ditch digger/construction person.” The city is an urban desert now.
That was a great, sensible plan.
Liberals don’t do sensible.