The arrogance of the rich: the story of Bullis

In Los Altos, California, an area where the median house price as of this writing is $3,391,900 according to Zillow and the median income is $157,500 a year  (the US median is $53,482), wealthy parents in neighboring Los Altos Hills were upset that the Los Altos School District closed their school because of low enrollment (you can read the full story here).  These highly resourced parents started a battle with the district by petitioning for a charter school.  The district turned them down.  Unfortunately, under the law at the time, the county was able to override the district decision and the district was forced to provide space.