Chattanooga City Council member Demetrus Coonrod this week threw out the idea that the city should study whether it should get back in the schools business.
My thought as a resident of Hamilton County?
Be careful what you ask for.
For the most part, this is simply pie-in-the-sky grandstanding because it almost assuredly will go nowhere. All kinds of hurdles would have to be cleared for such a measure to make it to resolution form, and even if it got that far, I am betting city voters wouldn’t come close to passing it.
Almost 27 years ago, Chattanooga voters narrowly approved an ordinance for the city to get out of the school business. The final tally was 22,815-19,211. Hamilton County took control of all the schools before the 1997 school year.