Defunding police and putting that money into schools is the right idea but we're never going to see equity for Black & brown students in the public school system if they're funded by property taxes that ensures rich people have rich schools and poor people have poor schools.
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That shafts everything equally though, correct?
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Those of us lucky enough to live in wealthy areas just passed supplemental local only property taxes and find other means to fund our schools (
#PaloAlto raises +$5M annually through one of two major charities for its schools). I'd guess prop 13 made school inequality worse. - 1 more reply
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