I graduated from the Public School system in New York (State, not City) in 1979.

My first year in college was academically a breeze, because I had already had Biology and Chemistry and Algebra and Trig, and knew how to write.

Partly because of COVID, partly because the Public Schools now for the most part suck, many kids entering college now need remedial courses to get up to college level academics.

How much you wanna bet that the Public Schools spent LESS per student when I went than they do now?

The Public Schools get WAY more money per student than is needed to educate children.