Brother , not every little , bitty community needs a K-12 school . And a classroom of 25 kids won’t kill anyone.

Rural schools can have their K-8 , everyone attends the same high school .


I wish Oklahoma , and that’s who we’re discussing here , would follow Missouri’s example.

BTW, the competition argument was awful . Life is a competition , that lesson might as well be learned early , too.

Have to change the law to do that in OK, state legislator done away with K-8 about 30 years ago, snuck it in the back door if I remember right.

Maple Elementary in Canadian County is K-8

Im sure every state is the same. Our prisons are 160% capacity. Judges are being told "DONT SEND ANYMORE TO PRISON"

We lost our school. K-12 each class about 15-20 students. Grandkids go to a consolidated school. They wont ever have any pride from their own school. Our school is now a grade school with all shop equipment sporting gear sold to pay for consolidation. School board still mows the football field. Retired cop here in town hits golf balls there. It was not a popular idea. Somehow it was done anyway. Superintendent responsible for it moved to Ohio. Was done to save money. Because of added busing costs etc, cost is now even higher and they are really whining. school board responsible is all voted out but shutting the door behind a run away horse doesn't work real well. the only solution is privatize schools. We are so conditioned to socialism the only thing that has a chance is setting a per head amount of tax dollars to go where ever a parent decides to send their kid.

I have been somewhat following this post from the start, I even made a post and deleted it within seconds. The only thing I have to say about this whole thing is HOLY COW!

If we get away from government schools and the inevitable financial shenanigans and ever increasing cost for less education, your granddaughter wouldn't get expelled cause she put her pocket knife back in her jeans pocket after pelting a raccoon before school starts. Your grandson could make a new piece of wood for your favorite shotgun in shop class as a xmas present again.