I don't believe this is breaking any forum rules, if so, I'll happily remove/edit it.
I'm curious - how many of y'all which have commented in this thread have children of your own? I have 4 daughters, ages 5 to 12, meaning they're all in (what we call in the US) elementary and middle school.
Don't misunderstand - I don't ask this to say that those without children shouldn't have opinions on this complex subject. But I am curious, nonetheless, as I've noticed patterns among my personal family, friends and acquaintances regarding their opinions on these subjects, and the principle characteristic I've found that lines folks up is whether they have children of their own in schools or not. (Surprisingly, it's NOT been whether they are generally "on the right" or "on the left" as I have many folks close to me on both extremes of the political spectrum, and that's not what's been a major influence for THIS topic, interestingly).
So, could be an interesting addendum to this whole discussion to tell us if you have kids or not. Or not.