Dimocrats have largely been in control of the education system for decades. And like most of the large cities in this country under dimocrat rule, they have been run into the ground. Sane parents on both sides of the isle are fed up with the left's bullshit and no longer wish for their kids to be continually bombarded with whatever social war topic the left is waging at the time. I'm a huge fan of public schools, but even in red SC, my kids were coming home telling me things that were being discussed in classes that were inappropriate for school, and many of the teachers were just unqualified and went into teaching because they didn't know what else to do. My oldest finished in public school. My middle left public school after the 11th grade due to school failure, and my youngest went to private school from 9th through 12. The quality of the private school was way better in every way than the public schools and he got a far better education. So every parent deserves the right to determine where and what type of education their kid receives. The fact that the left has ruined public schools doesn't make parents wrong for not wanting to send their kids to failing schools with poor teachers, discipline issues, and full of the left's extra curricular BS.