Why North Texas school districts are closing schools - and who could be next

[@evileyez504]

Turns out screwing a generation screws everyone

[@victoriabarclay3556]

they are now often talking about Boomers keeping their houses, but in my neighborhood, too many companies are buying single family homes and renting them. I forget the %, but companies buying homes is higher than families. and my neighborhood is very affordable, so it makes me angry. we want families here.

[@Claudialupperocd]

But illegals can rent through section-8, and with two families in a house (and four vehicles in the street), they can live in big houses the taxpayers can't afford.

[@mariantreber8055]

It's Blackrock trying to own them all.

[@JohnnyDoe911]

it also sucks that precious space has been cleared and developed for apartments instead of houses. Spring,Tx used to feel different before all the apartments and increase in traffic

[@victoriabarclay3556]

@@JohnnyDoe911 so true! And the cheap condos in Montrose, midtown and even the heights. Cram them in. It’s sad

[@UmmYeahOk]

@@JohnnyDoe911Apartments with monthly rent more expensive than what used to be a monthly mortgage for a “starter home” Remember those? And then we also have town homes, or theses tiny little houses that should have been starter homes, but start at $400k+

[@afrikandan]

A friend of mine who's a teacher in Plano/Richardson area, says when a school district was expanded to include (non-white) students from a neighboring suburb, parents moved their kids to private schools. In another case when Spanish was added as a (second) language of instruction, parents moved kids to private schools. These factors should be reported on as well.

[@doubledelight6132]

School is struggling to keep enrollment steady. that is the reason Plano bus 1000+ neighboring Spanish speaking kids to its schools. If parents are not happy they just transfer kids to another PISD school. Only a small portion of family can afford to send kids to private schools now and the really good private schools are hard to get in. The root of the problem of closing schools is fewer students. All school districts will face this challenge soon.

[@andreward8268]

Wow... kids learning a 2nd language- so horrible OMG

[@donwyoming1936]

Funny. In Wyoming back in the 70s & 80s, it was mandatory for us to take Spanish classes in elementary school. It was highly suggested to continue taking Spanish classes through high school. Texas? Nope. Run away. It's funny.

[@user-rv9qx9sp1y]

WOW!

[@victoriabarclay3556]

@@donwyoming1936 very odd, since so many Texans marry Hispanics too.

[@skepticalmaiden]

Counting on people to sell their houses because of them being the older generations, to house the newest ones is insanity. There’s no place people can afford to go, and why should they anyway. What?

[@michah321]

@@BrooksRichardson-j3o so? Since when is it older adults guilted into downsizing ? I'd size up if I could afford it.

[@olesyakonovalova592]

Totally agree with you! People leave schools to homesschool because of safety issues - open border. Seniors should keep their paid off houses for themselves.

[@JohnnyDoe911]

It’s such a shame because instead of adding more houses my local area has seen a boom of apartments instead. Whole suburban areas being consumed by apartments and shopping plazas

[@michah321]

@@JohnnyDoe911 that's what the environment " urbanists" want, they want everyone shoved into a little apartment and picking up their daily needs on foot.

[@UmmYeahOk]

Buy a house for $100k-200k adjusted for inflation, sell for $400k, buy a smaller crappier home far away from everything you once knew for $300k Profit:$100k

[@Eminence3]

video only discusses macro factors but neglects that the schools budgets are also poorly managed

[@JohnnyDoe911]

I wonder how much of a schools budget go to administration positions

[@stischer47]

@@JohnnyDoe911 More than you can even imagine. In 1965, I graduated from a high school of 2200 that had ONE principal, ONE vice-principal, and ONE counselor per grade. Currently, the same high school with an enrollment of 2100 has 1 principal, 4 assoc. principals, 4 vice-principals, 3 counselors per grade, and so many other administrators that they have their own building.

[@MrAlice613]

The macro factors are what ultimately shape the local realities of a school district. You don’t fix a problem by addressing each individual symptom as it comes up, you fix it by identifying the root of the issue and resolving that

[@BirdDogey1]

Stop the trans, CRT and DEI

[@MomoTheDisciple]

Government just wastes money

[@ieyona]

I took my son out of DISD to homeschool. No regrets.

[@jttheking4627]

My mom did the same thing, so I was able to graduate at 16. I promise you your son will thank you later in the long run.

[@soufwesthoustontx]

People can't afford kids.

[@JohnnyDoe911]

The economist Simon Johnson suggested that the power of the financial oligarchy in the United States was not too different from what exists in emerging market countries like Russia or Indonesia

[@alexialira3839]

No, but they still have them anyway. It's usually the ones you don't want procreating and that use their kids for government freebies. Kids are the breadwinners, essentially.

[@jdwool08]

⁠@@alexialira3839not at all are they the breadwinner. You can’t make enough. It’s the illegals coming and having kids while hubby makes cash and they send some back home.

[@oneperson5760]

Bs. Poor people are still having kids. Its the comfy, affluent people who expect a high standard of living who refuse to breed.

[@soufwesthoustontx]

@@oneperson5760 That's bs. Plenty of people have gone on the Internet to publicly state they can't afford to have kids. Even in YT comment sections people have discussed not having grandkids because their kids refuse to have kids based on their income and the economy. This is even a topic in my own family. I myself have no kids for that very reason. 18 years of a financial burden is nothing to willingly take on.

[@Casmige]

So, school taxes are being raised, schools are closing but never, NEVER does the education administration ever shrink, experience a reduction, or see a downsizing of Administrative staff. *NEVER* 🤦‍♂️🤡😂

[@cindyspencer6022]

If home schooling had trippled maybe they should consider parents dont want their kids exposed to what they're teaching.

[@havenzhai5187]

I could not agree more.

[@danieldonegan6914]

As a public school teacher for 24 years. I can tell you it’s not just about what they are teaching, it’s about what they are not teaching, it about the school environment, it about lack of discipline in the schools. Vouchers will come to Texas.

[@msarchieve1749]

What are they teaching?

[@cynthiaoconnor7185]

Besides lower enrollments, how many teachers at these schools have quit due to Texas's draconian actions in recent years?

[@thanos34362]

This is what happens when you make salaries stagnant and housing unaffordable. People are having fewer kids because they can't afford them. And marriage is pointless with the divorce rates on the rise.

[@MichelleT-so4we]

Get a goldfish!

[@pep590]

Single motherhood guarantees poverty and violent male teens in the city. Most people are married.

[@donwyoming1936]

It's no more difficult to buy a house now than it was in the 70s & 80s. Wages go a lot further now than they did back then.

[@tedsmusic5556]

There’s a good book called “The Meaning of Marriage” by Tim Keller.

[@Himmiefan]

@@tedsmusic5556 Too Calvinist, religious conservative.

[@JeffreyLiddell-e4i]

Just watched another video about new home construction in far N. Dallas where a one story, 2400 square foot home in Frisco was 1.1 million dollars...not sure I would call that affordable for most folks???

[@sportingdirector1]

That doesn't sound right

[@nicktheman1828]

When i have kids, my wife will be homeschooling them. They are not going to some school to be taught by blue hair ideologies. They need to learn math, science English and history

[@nicktheman1828]

@Kwildcat13 I will be at work providing for my family lol.

[@tjandrews1982]

You need to go outside more often bro real life is not like the internet

[@nicktheman1828]

@@tjandrews1982 Well let's see little bro. My wife and I set goals and a plan and we accomplish them. This is already our plan and we will have kids soon and put it into action. See, we are not like you and your kind... we don't spend all day accomplishing nothing and hoping for handouts. We go out and do it as a unit and as a family.

[@funtimes_1111]

That's exactly what we did. It works for us.

[@tx_7134]

@@tjandrews1982 The internet and society has been integrated since 2015

[@christabb8481]

A father here, 36 with 2 kids under 2. My boys aren't ready for school but i can tell you we are highly considering homeschooling strictly because of poor gun laws. Public schools are not safe anymore. Add to that teachers are under paid and under staffed to even do their passion effectively.

[@theirmom4723]

Gun laws have nothing to do with the educational issues Texas is facing. Swallow some more of the blue drink.

[@oneperson5760]

They are very good at doing their passion. Their passion is leftist indoctrination and anything death-cult related.

[@Luke2128]

Do it!! You won't be sorry! Yes, there will be days when that yellow school bus looks so tempting, but if you focus on the long term goal, you will not be sorry. Some days will go smoothly. Some days will be a disaster. Best piece of advice I received is that on the days that nothing is going right, focus on math, reading, language arts. Everything else is extra until the dawn of the following day. Field trips whenever you want. Make your own school schedule. We homeschool from August to the week of Thanksgiving. That week and all of December we took off so we could enjoy all of the holiday. We start back first monday after New Years Day has passed to April and start again May and then we school through the summer focusing on reading, language arts, and math. We did this because the summer is unbearable and I'd rather be schooling them than have them sitting in front of the TV all summer long.

[@abyss616]

Damn!!!! Plano, Richardson, Fort Worth those are supposed to be the better off districts. 😮

[@bletchdroshek5984]

All by design

[@marksadler4457]

My family and many of our neighbors chose to homeschool rather than have the ISD indoctrinate our kids.

[@petemarron6677]

Right?

[@enginerdy]

Ah yes, because homeschool kids always grow up not resenting that.

[@petemarron6677]

@@enginerdy you know this how?

[@francismarion6400]

​@@enginerdyNot as many as resenting being sent to the public baby sitting facilities.

[@enginerdy]

@@petemarron6677 by knowing people who grew up homeschooled. While I’m sure some come through ok, it’s a great way to isolate your kids and make sure they can’t develop socially

[@erinshaw6266]

I live in the Houston area, NOT in HISD, thank God! I was a teacher & both of my parents were teachers. I pulled both of my kids out of school a few years ago. After Covid, public school education will never be the same. So sad.

[@JohnKim-johnnygymkim]

Sad but happy ending. We can build businesses, houses, churches, etc. where these schools once were!

[@idm1738]

Homeschool is the way to go 👏 👏 👏

[@petemarron6677]

Right?

[@ErikPT]

Thee is a surge of public alternative academies

[@oladeebiazazi4538]

Maybe if you’re able to do it

[@dianaodom43]

Do everything you can to homeschool your children!! Our daughter went to public school and later we decided to homeschool our son. He has been better prepared after graduation than our daughter was. I regret not doing that with her. Our church of about 300 people, half of which are children, are all home schooled. I hope more and more schools close. They are indoctrinating our children with pathetic values.

[@djjeffro5081]

This is so dumb 😅😅😅

[@Luke2128]

You are so correct and it is the same in our area. Homeschooling is growing at rocket speed.

[@JohnKim-johnnygymkim]

Absolutely. Also they are incentivized to keep students rather than progressing them!

[@mariusfacktor3597]

When you ban building more homes in the inner suburbs with exclusionary zoning laws, then that means more homes will get built on the periphery which causes more sprawl, higher taxes, and more traffic. We need to repeal zoning laws and let more homes get built where they are most needed.

[@mrjack8849]

So many reasons why public schools are shrinking. Cost of homes in already developed areas, lack of quality teachers, too much agenda pushing on kids, school vouchers from the state for private school, remote work allowing parents to live outside big cities...

[@aleathacoleman6413]

Lol. Teachers are leaving because of mistreatment by parents, children and administration. No teacher wants to be censored. The book bans and alternative history are some of the other concerns.

[@blackbeardbarkbark]

What a joke. Left or right, there is an agenda push. What a pathetic attempt at discrediting one side of the political spectrum. The whole point of school is to educate them. I can easily conclude mrjack's sad, crappy politics by their silly complaints. Thanks for contributing nothing to the conversation mrjack. Quit while you're ahead.

[@28th_St_Air]

The vouchers are a political strategy/ruse to redirect taxpayer money in the pockets of “private” schools run by religious groups or others who simply want to exploit the system and undermine the quality of public public schools. They’re slowly strangling off and degrading public schools, so they get the money instead. If they want to run a school, they shouldn’t be allowed to have taxpayer money to fund their “private” enterprise.

[@christianschmidt1556]

Public schools are also facing a big teacher drought in DFW and nationwide because of poor pay, wild undisciplined students with no work ethic, and no support from parents or admin. The smart parents have moved their kids out of public school to private or religious schools because they do not put up with bad behavior, no work, high absences, violence, and they do teach traditional 3Rs with STEM. Charter schools are a mixed bag and some are great and some are bad but most are in it for the money. Charter also has to take the state STAAR test since they take state money. I just retired last May from 26 years in the public schools of DFW suburbs and we saw it all. Things were only made worse by COVID but it was already an on going problem. I placed both my boys in private Catholic school in the mid 90s and never looked back. Both graduated with honors and got scholarships to university. Yes, it was a slight hardship to pay for and we did not always have the newest cars but it all came back in scholarships. Further, we were invested in our kids and put in time with them reading, practicing math for the next year, and made sure they had manners and respect for authority. Soon parents are going to see their kids crowded into fewer schools with less discipline, and fewer teachers with experience as the older teachers retire as fast as they can and no younger teachers entering or leave within the first five years after they learn how bad it is. One more thing, teaching to the test has taken over, there are too many costly trainings and retraining in the 10s of millions of dollars, and in my last few years grade inflation had become fashionable, no one fails or is retained. Grade inflation in my school was when the teacher did the work on the board with the kids giving answers and it was copied down and counted as independent work for a grade. I am not for retaining everyone but we need to do it early in elementary when there is time to correct things and the kids kids do not feel a big social impact. Parents and the public need to do their part and support academics, strong discipline, and a living wage for teachers. Pray for the fate of these kids and these schools.

[@petemarron6677]

Yeah, not going to read your rambling diatribe.

[@francismarion6400]

If they act like animals then treat them as such. Taxpayers need a break anyways.

[@theirmom4723]

@@petemarron6677 Because you can't read and comprehend?!

[@petemarron6677]

@@theirmom4723 I can tell you're no adept.

[@bletchdroshek5984]

What you said is all true. I have 2 daughters teaching in separate districts in the DFW area and they say the same

[@strawberryhun]

I hoping peopke are home schooling or getting their kids out of the clutches of evil government agandas

[@JohnKim-johnnygymkim]

Amen!

[@louierockefeller9371]

My children are home school

[@MichelleT-so4we]

Where did all that money from TEXAS property taxes and State Lotteries get applied to education? 2024

[@user-rv9qx9sp1y]

That's a good question ❓

[@Claudialupperocd]

Goes to overpaid administration.

[@karlrovey]

In the case of Houston, it's going to the charter schools owned by the state appointed superintendent.

[@mrparts]

Texas republicans are promoting vouchers to subsidize private and religious schools and defund and close all public schools.

[@Evettecord]

The Kazarians stole it

[@JA-vv8wy]

You forgot to mention Texas laying off many school staff because of the $3 million dollars that went missing and no one is being held accountable. Saw a report on this happening in Houston. Also a teacher friend in Rockwall said they aren’t paying well because of the missing money so they are asking the county to increase local taxes to the teachers can get pay raises to meet the standard of living increases.

[@DYLAN102001]

In my town they tore down the preschool. Now there's a empty lot of grass where it once stood. No one wants to have children.

[@DYLAN102001]

@@BrooksRichardson-j3o I know. Also women are nuts these days. Metoo make it hard for men to approach a woman without looking like a potential trial creep/predator. Can't have children when women would rather be with a bear than a man.

[@phillynurse9492]

Wow

[@oneperson5760]

Or people have children and home school them instead of sending them to the public indoctrination camp.

[@DYLAN102001]

@@oneperson5760 That isn't very common around here.

[@rneedham667]

People are getting smarter!

[@outdoorgal9602]

Plano ISD has lost many students due to the well known bullying that is allowed within the school district and also due to the total indoctrination of the children from the 6-12 th grade. Teachers and admin have turned a blind eye to so much and now it is affecting school district numbers. Many families have chosen to move out of the district or home school.

[@bletchdroshek5984]

Truth

[@daughterofthemosthigh3417]

What kind of bullying??

[@rneedham667]

Hope their not being indoctrinated into conservative hate. Id keep mine home too!

[@bletchdroshek5984]

@@rneedham667 😂 I can see the school system failed you as well 😂

[@Ljordan43]

There is no way I would put my child in a public school in today's society.

[@user-rv9qx9sp1y]

Me either. Bullying, LGBTQ ideology [taught] or some teachers in CA have groomed a child [transitioned] the Mom sued the district.

[@ladiikay819]

​@user-rv9qx9sp1y you must be insane if you think schools are focusing your aforementioned subjects. Schools ARE NOT focusing on that. Kids are educated with STAR driven results. They teach the kids to pass the STAR test. That is what the media wants you to think. Please research for yourself. I know because I have school aged public school educated students.

[@pep590]

And miss all of the Drag shows for 1st graders? Dems love them

[@rneedham667]

I guess if your a racist, bigot or misogynist, book banning religious fanatic who worship guns and hate disguised as christians.you should keep your children at home so other peoples children are not exposed to taught ignorance.

[@rneedham667]

P.S. You Are todays Society!

[@treasured_remembrance]

Moved out of Plano about 9 years ago when my kid was in middle school. The rents skyrocketed there and in Frisco. Also the public school had large fees for all the extracurricular activities such as sports or after school care since rarely anyone could get off at 3 pm those days. Summer sports charged a few thousand for short 2-4 week clinics midday. If your kid did not go to these they were not accepted on to school teams. There was no such thing as training kids to play they wanted them ready to compete at district level. I was absolutely priced out although I loved the community. Moved to another state until inflation caught up there too. Housing access and schools schedules (tons of off days) not in line with working parents helped this crisis too. If people can afford to live on the salaries in the area of course they will move. When will that be addressed?

[@angelinimartini]

I haven’t been in school for a long long time but I remember the large class sizes being the reason I didn’t want to go to a certain high school and my mom enrolled me in a charter school. If enrollment is down, we should still instruct the students that are there. Public school class sizes are insane. I don’t have kids, but seeing how bad things are getting, I’d be happy if my property tax dollars actually went to teaching them well. Also, bring back etiquette classes, and make critical thinking a class for every year. Save on a large janitorial staff by having the students clean the classrooms like in other countries. It will teach them responsibility as right now I’m seeing so many people just dropping trash everywhere assuming someone else will clean it.

[@CoopAroundTheWorld]

In my mind, a lot of this is solved by moving away from attendance based funding and toward enrollment funding. Attendance paying the bills relies on problem students to show up and not be suspended. Students that will ultimately utilize a disproportionate amount of resources unnecessarily.

[@CH-jv6ck]

School districts waste tons of money on things and people they don’t need

[@Craig332]

You can thank the bone headed covid response for the increase in home schooling. Turns out holding families hostage was a losing gambit

[@missf4681]

I thought the schools where over crowded and that was before all the illegals came. So with all the new kids coming how can it be

[@natec319]

There’s a nationwide teacher shortage, declining enrollment is what I think ends it in like 5 years due to people having less kids. The birth rate all over the country is rapidly declining, at some point it’ll catch up in schools.

[@Claudialupperocd]

But the number of illegal children being transported across the border is escalating. Schools will warehouse them.

[@saracover8645]

It’s because of lack of discipline in the home and both parents having to work just to put food on the table

[@user-rv9qx9sp1y]

Exactly 💯. I was a working single [divorced] parent who dropped out of college to focus on my girls. Children need Time Love & Attention. Social Media should be a privilege not a device in the hand 24/7.

[@AgentRaygun66]

That has nothing to do with schools closing due to lack of enrollment. People who moved here are done having their kids. Too many schools, too few kids attending - closing a school is normal. Texas is just the latest state to get hit with this.

[@user-rv9qx9sp1y]

Morality is the core issue. How many schools have gotten shot up since Columbine? HOW many Teens are in Juvenile Hall Per State? How Many Single Parent Homes are these children coming From? How many fathers are absent or in Prison? HOW many families actually teach children at home morals & values?! VS. allowing TV or Social Media to indoctrinate them? Video games, Movies, Music, etc. Pour Junk in. Junk Comes OUT!!!

[@AgentRaygun66]

@@user-rv9qx9sp1y You obviously didn't watch the video. Thanks for playing along.

[@donwyoming1936]

Funny. Gen X was the generation of latch key kids, both parents working, and still being poor.

[@lauren9004]

The behavior of the children and their terrible parents is the problem

[@bletchdroshek5984]

Progressive policies all over the country especially in Washington is causing this and not only in Texas

[@bletchdroshek5984]

@corvus8638 are you really that stupid, stupid? 😂

[@lindah.1104]

Sad that a society “needs” homes to “turnover”! A neighborhood isn’t a restaurant!

[@GrandT]

Colored in blue? I only see green and yellow.

[@spencersherwood7250]

uh oh, you might want to get that checked out. (kidding, there's no blue)

[@GrandT]

@spencersherwood7250 You had me for a second.

[@thepeterchannel3230]

Home schooling is the future. Or super expensive private schools.

[@BirdDogey1]

I attended a North Texas school and my education was substandard.

[@oneperson5760]

If their customers are leaving, maybe they should ask why, then change their policies and cut out the bloat and beurocracy of the unions.

[@bradandrews777]

Dating is dead now as is marriage. Welcome to the paradise so many pushed policies that led to this

[@bletchdroshek5984]

Yup. They call this "PROGRESSIVE "

[@user-rv9qx9sp1y]

Homeschooling is tripling is really a good idea. Parents are fed up with bullying & in some states [CA] the library has book's that are talking about sexual positions for LGBTQ 🌈

[@unkindravens]

“Talking about body parts” - what are you like 5 or something?

[@user-rv9qx9sp1y]

LGBTQ 🌈 ideology & there Sexuality has no business in school classrooms or library books. Talking about certain things that children should not learn at school. It's happening in Many schools in The US. Did you hear about Target 🎯 selling crotchless onesies June 2023? They lost nearly 1 Billion. Parents are sick of This!!!

[@LumerasLight1201]

"Developed countries" around the world seem to be dealing with the same issues with one common root cause. Cost of living is too high!

[@Western_ENT]

It's everywhere, not just developed ones! The poor in each country are being eradicated by such capitalistic systems and policies. It's a contagious disease which has spreaded all over the world!

[@f0xixtaiail2000]

A lot of people are sending their kids to private Christian schools, we did! One of the private Christian schools here in Flower Mound has seen a dramatic increase in students. While the public schools are a JOKE and TOO WOKE, the private Christian schools are turning out some of the best students. It’s best to either home school or send them to a private school.

[@23drcharles]

The lights are going off all over Texas. Teachers are now in a race with the coming real estate crash of 2026. The new book, The Bubble That Broke The Bank teachers who are laid off need to work fast because they only have one year window. The districts will be stuck in real estate quicksand.

[@JimmyJohn60]

Most of what Templeton mentioned was partially to blame. But he never said anything about the elephant in the room. 😂

[@user-fp2ze9zw3i]

Which is?

Texas money for schools went to Colorado. And not texas. SUPRISE. Your vote put them in!

[@caramela4830]

People's votes dont bring in crooks. Nowhere on the ballot did people check off to have money stolen. The crooks who administer and handle the money.

[@julienrockingham-ip4co]

This is for all the Homeowners and parents to figure out

[@magaareinbredhillbillies]

there will be no tax break close school, give it to upper management.

[@hscamzhscam177]

It is totally disingenuous to say that ealestate needs to turn over when the fact is property prices have become inaccessible to all demographics!!

[@oneperson5760]

Its not the fault of real estate. Its the fault of bad schools which nobody wants to send their child to. We dont want our children being sexualized and indoctrinated.

[@ir28c77]

Miami-Dade and Broward schools in South Florida are already there closing schools and an increasing population for the tri-county area.

[@railrodemike]

All working as planned over 40 years ago. On the 1980 Libertarian Presidential Platform. Public schools and Dept. Of Education to be abolished.

[@havenzhai5187]

We can hope that is true.

[@TRU3-LOV3]

This is what Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ) was just talking about he’s a congressman

[@twostep1953]

He should be thanking those empty-nesters. They pay school district taxes but don't use the schools. It takes two incomes to afford a home in the new - farther out - suburbs. Which means the only people left are single-mother families; who do not value education. Then the average test scores for the schools go down - but somehow it's the teachers' fault.

[@mama_knitter]

There’s also homeschool families who are choosing to forgo dual salaries, live on one salary, buy our own curriculum and don’t want to pay for another school we’re not using!

[@oneperson5760]

It is the teachers fault when they push race hatred and sexualization on the kids through leftist policy. Sane people dont want their children in such schools.

[@ItsWhoIAmItsHowILive]

The Fort Worth school was only used for 6th graders

[@anncokafor]

I like in the Houston area. We recently had a school board meeting and they brought out a demographer. He said we have peaked in population as a district. Basically the same thing mentioned here.

Took the taxs for voulchers for rich. Gave money to Colorado schools.

[@seattleflea]

Reading in the comments and listening to this clip, why is no one looking at how the legislators are funding schools and holding them accountable? These kids are the future of Texas and so many are being left behind. An uneducated population cannot sustain Texas’s economy. What are Texas legislators doing to fix this? Vouchers? How will that help? If nothing changes what will Texas look like in 10-15 years?

[@theirmom4723]

It will look like, the poorest South American Country you can possibly go to...Oh wait! It already does.

[@Vixandra]

Why "Downsize" when it would increase your mortgage due to home costs rising?

[@-OBELUS-]

They should fire the school bureaucracy and keep the teachers. They'd save millions and lose nothing.

[@caramela4830]

The media should conduct more research. The focus should be on redlining areas and their effects in Dallas!!! The full story of truth is needed. We are well aware maps were drawn by US government-backed Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC) in the 1930’s. They shaded red areas where lenders were discouraged from making loans. Of course, those areas happened to be Black and Latino neighborhoods in cities including Dallas and Fort Worth. The audacity. It needs to change. These school closures at the core are due to racism practices of redlining within neighborhoods.

[@jumior447]

my school is fine bro + its sports day tormorrow + im the first like + im in Houston, Texas not being mean tho i feel bad for the closing schools because there are many kids that need education around the world

[@WillowRatLady]

Kids just want to be influencers instead of educating themselves.

[@LuckyDuckie115]

My uncle lives by himself (also owns a townhouse) in a 3 bed 3 bath 1700sqft house in Dallas. The front/back yard is a complete mess and, he only uses 25% of the house. He should downsize but has no desire to, and he knows the younger generations need his house. Boomer generation...

[@Bootyeater999]

Downsize to what and where?

[@theirmom4723]

The boomer generation owes you or any other generation anything. It's his property. Bought and paid for by him. You socialistic Mils have now clue what you are talking about nor, do you have any clue what you are asking for.

[@Odyssey-2014]

I can understand more parents homeschooling when the public schools have been teaching things parent don’t want their children taught about s@x and the libraries are carrying books that much of adults don’t read about s@x!

[@hannibalkemet9824]

Greg Abbott is the problem. Texas needs a new governor

[@ToddandRaquiForrest]

In person schooling not only spreads illnesses, but bad behavior. We need to start considering more remote learning.

[@havenzhai5187]

Yes, it’s called homeschooling

[@drakemia4079]

Tax breaks for the rich in Texas.

[@pep590]

Put in $150 a month in your 401k from 25 to 65 and you can be one of those rich folks too. But I know, it's fun to blow your money now.

[@drakemia4079]

@@pep590 Do you think a dictator is going to care about your money and your 401 k or social security or anything else? They didn’t even care when their grid went down in Texas it was just to dam bad for you. It’s a big club down there and your not in it or maybe you think you are. Some times people get what they vote for.

[@berniebernstein]

Close ALL FWISD. Graduates can't read 4th grade level. Dunbar High School prime example.

[@vmlinuxz]

Wait till the school voucher system all of these little towns schools are going to evaporate say goodbye to Friday night lights. Say hello to having to bust your kids an hour to school and an hour back.

[@screechingwind114]

Isnt it easier for Parents who Homeschool their Children to Lie about Test Scores ?

[@MaxPlayerNEWS]

Millennials and Gen Alpha the most Unluckiest generation

[@petemarron6677]

Less indoctrination centers. I'm thinking that's a good thing.

[@hambone2335]

What about keeping the school open with fewer kids per class. It is all about money.

[@Flyyblackgurl]

... ummmm they could "seat some younger families," by lowering prices.. people would become teachers if it was a more rewarding job that came with better resources, and better pay. And who and what controls, how much people make in a career. Resources for a job, price of the cost of living...? How are we having more kids if we know we can't take care of them, there's no affordable childcare, grandparents are still working, and "They" just uped the age of retirement... a girl in a nother vid said she makes good money in Cali, while she cried about how she still was req. To drop 13k for dental work. ... What is Life? Is THIS really all there is ???

[@danieldonegan6914]

I have taught in the same district for twenty-four years. Enrollment is way down. Home schooling is up and public schools refuse to address the reasons why. The public school system is broken. There is no discipline allowed any more. The expectations for students is low, kids are passed through. It’s bad. Next year will be my last.

[@frqntplatypus7968]

Homeschooling = no schooling.

[@Erin-Thor]

I blame Abbott, people are fleeing the state.

[@du6165]

you didn't watch the video huh.

[@GenRN]

It’s true. People are leaving urban areas and moving to other states.

[@ronp-eb9bh]

No, people are fleeing wokeness and the societal decay of morality in American cities. Its not a govenoral problem; it's a State legislative problem. Meaning our representatives are not enacting measures that ensure school safety, the respect of parental rights (e.g., respecting parentalnnsupremacy in teaching their kids about birds and beez), and the assurane of fairness in divorce courts. Men are avoiding marriage due to unequitable laws in State administered marriages (i.e., the family court system). That's why school attendance populations across the country are plummeting and will continue to do so.

[@melindaunknown6411]

@@ronp-eb9bhTexas….”woke”? 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@kathleenkirchoff9223]

No it is the bad school management wasting money and woke policies driving parents to home school.

[@gimcrack555]

Either can't afford to have kids or keeping their kids at home for home schooling.

[@WalkawayRene12]

God forbid children might learn how to think for themselves lol

[@OneFaithFilledLady]

Ive decided to homeschool my 2 next yr, although we are in Prosper ISD and im planning to move to Prosper or Melissa next yr.

[@MidnightRambler]

Fantastic news defund them All

[@WillowRatLady]

I dont want my parents' house. I want them to spend every$$$ on themselves and their happiness.

[@barbarabattle7352]

Spoke truth

[@mojoman327]

Demographic decline. Wait until municipalities de-annex areas due to low or no tax revenue. Roads, and infrastructure will be neglected.

[@brushcrawler8612]

You assumed Texas wasn't Uniparty? 😂 Build Back Better 🔥

[@ralphpal]

Someone in charge stole 200 million dollars

[@danschwartz1950]

Homeschooling

[@unlistedandtwisted]

I wouldn't want to send my kid to a school in that state. 😂

[@ciddoctor6993]

Don't worry the tech bros will come save you and teach your kids to be robots.

[@ciddoctor6993]

Or they'll make it for single workers and profit off of the real estate.

[@WillowRatLady]

You have to bend with the winds of change or something is going to break. The recipe no longer works, so fix it.

[@soinda87]

Forgetting security as usual.

[@Aeroldoth3]

You "have to" close schools because of... um.... fewer students? Not because of the huge teacher shortage, not because of all the book bans and anti-gay laws, not because of slashed education funding, not because of rampant school shootings, not because of pastors telling followers to home school??

[@luciboras]

How about dropping schools taxes also. People are afraid to have their kids in school because of guns.

[@Dblup]

The woman is absolutely beautiful.

[@djb1634]

It’s because Texas wants to brag about being low tax. Well low tax means no funding for schools. The places that do implement higher taxes to better fund schools have their school funding taken from them to give to the areas of the state that don’t do the things they need to do. This is the bed you made Republicans. You tried so hard to be anti-California you went too far and can’t fund the basics. Congrats you can’t pay your bills. But that’s okay cause you made sure to give yourself a pay raise during the last session didn’t you?

[@bletchdroshek5984]

It's obvious you don't live in Texas so just shut up

[@havenzhai5187]

Higher taxes do not necessarily equal quality schools. All the public schools are bloated and wasting property tax dollars. Defund them, and let homeschooling parents save their property tax money for their own kids

[@djb1634]

@@havenzhai5187 Of course you would say that if you are one of those home schoolers. This way you can teach your children that slaves actually enjoyed being slaves. Or you can beat your child within an inch of their life and no one will ever find out. But I get it it’s your child and you should be able to do what you want with your own property, I mean child.

[@bletchdroshek5984]

@@havenzhai5187 truth