From article
The school board in Jefferson County, Colo., outside Denver, voted in November to close 16 schools. St. Paul, Minn., last summer closed five schools. The Oakland, Calif., school board last February voted to close seven schools after years of declining enrollment and financial strife.
Declining birthrates, a rise in home schooling and growing competition from private and charter schools are contributing to the decline in traditional public school enrollment, according to school officials.
Districts in cities including Denver and Indianapolis have developed plans to shut down underused schools, and superintendents say more closures are inevitable unless enrollment drops are reversed.
Shut all the public schools down. Simply have the government supply funding to the parents of each ELIGIBLE child in amounts decided by the local government, and paid for by the local taxpayers. For-profit schools will spring up, and compete by giving your child the best education for the buck, as decided by the parents. Parents in control.