That is almost as absurd as having 228 high schools. If we consolidated one half of the counties and schools in the west and southeast you could easily get to 70 counties and 150 schools. No one would drive more than 90 minutes to a county courthouse or school unless it was so sparsely poplulated that it was absolutely necessary. Many live where they live because of falsely created jobs or positions created by the government which waste our tax dollars. It isn't radical, it is called business. How many counties are there in Colorado? The 30x30 county was created when the mode of transportation was the horse and buggy. Those days are gone. There isn't an endless supply of money. People can skew the data and make it look like the cost to educate are fairly equal but common sense clearly tells you they are not. The overhead associated with 228 versus 17 schools would blow most of us away. If I had the time I would put together a spreadsheet outlining these costs comparing the 228 to the top enrollment high schools that equal out in number of students. The scary thing is that there is a huge waste of $$'s happening at the large schools too. We have become a society of the minority ruling. If there is the slightest chance something bad could happen then we need to create a rule, regulation, or system to keep that from happening, even if you have a better chance of winning the lottery we better protect you. If 95% benefit but 5% suffer then we better create something additional for that 5% or we aren't being fair. Our school systems have become textbook examples of socialism.