Stop efforting, or stop farting?
Quick note-California schools are funded in a very complicated way. Property taxes are a small part but taxes don’t stay in neighborhoods, the CA Dept of Ed doles it out via districts, and a district can contain rich and poor neighborhoods. .Also, when a person buys a house, property taxes stay the same until sold, so neighborhoods full of people who bought houses 20 years ago are not paying more as time goes by. The majority of public school funding is from the federal government based on attendance. That’s why missing school is something they go after hard. Attendance goes straight to the Department of Ed and is audited yearly at each individual scool. They actually come look for doctors notes, etc. . Miss more than allowed and each kid costs the school over $90.00 a day. That can add up when a district has 50,000 kids.
There are other funding sources, the lottery brings in a very minor amount and there are other revenue streams. It’s very complicated.
Schools in wealthier neighborhoods definitely have more money-not because of property tax, but because of donations. Parents can throw parties, have silent auctions, ask for yearly donations and put names in newsletters to shame those that don’t pay, etc.
Low income neighborhoods have uncaring parents like Fat Amy Ramadan/non-English speakers who don’t understand/ parents who don’t have enough to donate, etc. Donations can pay for many things: part-time teachers, art supplies, musical instruments and of course, sports. No full time employees or construction but a whole lot of necessities is paid for by parents.
It’s not fair but it’s the way it is. Also, many teachers don’t like to be told what to teach and often ignore that PC stuff. Not all but many, especially in elementary school.
Every state in the US funds schools differently and I think in a lot of states property taxes can make a school. CA is different though.
Any CA parent needs to know about open enrollment and try to get their kid in a school with very active parents. Wherever your doctors kids go, that’s where you should go.

(if they aren’t choosing private schools, of course.)
I feel that Tess will be like Amy-dump her kid in the nearest school, and expect them to do everything for her child, without anything given back. I feel bad for the first kid who calls her fat because she’s probably going to make them have an assembly over it.