All rights reserved. Or so it seems. No more football, no more band, no more sports of any kind and no more club activities. That's the likely result if a majority of Mobile County residents decide they cannot provide more local support for public schools on Tuesday. Nobody will want to move to an area that has no opportunity for sports, music or leadership.
People simply love their kids more than that.
National newspapers, national and statewide radio talk shows and even national politicians have picked up on problems of the Mobile school system as well as the state's proration of education funds. This city's reputation has taken a beating in recent days but not nearly the beating it will endure if things go bad for the young people on Tuesday. Things that only Birmingham and Huntsville could brag about in the past are now things Mobile can promote. Not so the public schools. Without question, past leadership failed the kids and their parents.