If the signatures are valid, the next step is to hold public hearings on the feasibility of the group's plan. It is easy to see why FREE was able to gather thousands of signatures to break up the Los Angeles city schools. The board is still trying to shake off its disastrous effects. There's no golden rule that smaller is necessarily better. It's just smaller.
Multinational corporations have thousands of employees and far-flung global offices and operations.
Most operate with precision efficiency because of competent management, solid organization and careful planning. At one time the Chicago public school system was nearly as big, and in far worse shape, than the L.A. schools. It has made a spectacular turnaround in improving student performance and school operations. The mayor and a new school board reduced waste, dumped many of the old comatose, inefficient bureaucrats, hired an experienced, dedicated superintendent and gave him full authority to remake the schools. This pays for books, equipment, goods, services, teacher and administrator salaries and training.