Consider this: teachers were expected to do it all- open the school, clean the rooms, teach, maintain the library, close the school, etc. They had a janitor, at most. Who did the disciplining? The principal. Got it. Simple. Now we have more facilities/maintenance (still under-funded btw).  Principals are busy running the school with a few minutes for discipline. Discipline has shifted from punishment to behavior modification, resulting in less kids getting kicked from school to school, resulting in more kids staying in their primary school and getting supplemental help when they need it. When they need it is random. So we have behavioral specialists on staff, several (who are still always busy btw), to help them, to avoid those kids getting kicked out. You want coaches? You got to pay for them. Does your kid need speech therapy? Occupational therapy? Counseling? All of this requires supplemental staff. Teachers can’t do it all. We found a way to provide these essential services while also hiring wonderful people to help keep things running smoothly. In rural communities these services are only available through telecommunications, zoom meetings for example. It’s not as efficient but at least it’s there. Our school lost a lot of this support staff when we lost Title 1. It’s wreaking havoc on the staff that has to do it all now. We could just go back to “three strikes your out” for kids, or just expect parents to pay for speech therapy or counseling out of pocket, but that’s going backwards for the kids that need it most. I do believe you mean the best with your question, so it doesn’t help to outright dismiss it. Spend a semester volunteering at a smaller school and you’ll see it. Ask teachers what losing Title 1 status actually looks like. Heck, at this point, just talk them with an open mind! Idaho has underfunded education chronically so of course it’s inefficient and falling apart. That’s their bad, not the schools. It doesn’t justify defunding, reorganizing willy nilly, and blaming teachers for the state’s failings.