2)....(continued).  That kid's 2 older brothers were enrolled at CSU and Texas Christian.  It seems to me that his mom's actions would be the opposite of letting the government take over.

3) Here's how well "small government conservatism" has worked when it comes to schools in Kansas:
Many of Brownback's lackeys lost primaries, and those seats either went to Democrats or moderate Republicans.  People have finally realized that Brownback was a loser when it came to schools.  The legislature recently passed a budget which called for more education funding, which Brownback of course vetoes.  Of course, his veto was slapped down.  People had enough of his conservative school policies.....in a state in which HRC won a whopping 2 counties.

One more thing.......the parents of knuckleheads in my locale?  Statistically way more likely to have been Trump voters.....so, spare me the "liberals are the cause of all our problems in education" attitude.