I know everybody wants everything to be simple, but there's always a more complicated version of the story when all the facts are put out on the table. I'm guessing this is no exception.
First off, WHO voted for this $10 million bond? The school board or the voters? Your post implies that the school board did it on their own? I doubt that's possible, or at least if it is in NE, you're one of the few states where this could happen. Most bonding issues have to go to the ballot.
Secondly, what does state law require as far as the provisioning of a school? How far are you allowed to bus students on a pupil average unit? Many state laws give no choice in the matter, you have to have a school within X miles of the average pupil over a given timeframe. This prevents exactly the situation you describe where a bunch of people get together and decide it's not "worth" spending all that money on a school when the kids could just ride 40 miles each way over to the next big town and go to school there.
Finally, the $10 million price tag may also be state dictated in terms of the requirements for each school REGARDLESS of enrollment. In most states, there is a laundry list of things you MUST provide in each school. You can't just pull a bunch of trailer houses together and call it good like California tried to do or build a 1 room schoolhouse heated by a coal stove.
Again, I'm thinking that the real story is a lot more complex than just the headline of "Runaway School Board Spends $10 Million of Your Money".
If you think education is expensive, try living in a country without it for a while. They don't spend anything on schools in Zimbabwe. And it shows.
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