Let's face it, folks: State run schools are and have failed.
Its time to implement a separation of school and state.
Parent's relief at the start of the school year, when children are sent off to the local child-care cum indoctrination centers so parents can be rid of them for most of the day, is disturbing. Parents are divorced from the education system, relying on the 'experts' to decide what is considered education.
Time to take responsibility for your child's education back from state. Get government out of the education/indoctrination system.
The Kenai Peninsula Borough spent $63.9 million dollars for Education in 2016. (see http://www.kpb.us/images/KPB/FIN/KPB_PAFR_FINAL_2016.pdf) Thats all of the property tax receipts, and a good-sized chunk of the sales tax.
End the property tax & put all responsibility for children's education on the parents. If it's paid for out of their own pockets, the consumers would be more inclined to make sure they get their money's worth.