Clayton county has brought themselves to hell, and not by handbasket

It was a leading story on the news broadcasts last night. Clayton county lost their accreditation. 50,000 students if they remain and finish their education in that county will receive a certificate of hours completed. Not a high school diploma, nor a GED. How many of these kids are forced to stay in the school district? Most likely the majority. If their parents were able to, they would have sent them out by moving, or paying for private school. The county has decreased property values already, and now it's going to decline further. Who wants to buy a house in an area you can't even guarantee that your kids can go to school in? It's no longer a question of safe schools and neighborhoods, but schools that the tax payers resent paying for. The elected board members ruined the school system. The county is the laughing stock of the nation, if not the world. How am I to feel about the upcoming years as this system tries to pull itself out of this hole? They got themselves into this situation in 2003, and 5 years later, they did it again. No school district has lost accreditation since 1969. What will happen to my school district? Sad to say, but the surrounding school districts will accept new students like a private school. Only the best in studies, or a force in sports. None of them can take that many students in, not in this economy. Every school is facing budget cuts, and the need to increase property taxes. The tax payers are over burdened as it is. I was so proud and excited when I read in the paper, that our two high schools are ranked in the top 5 for the state in regards to SAT and ACT scores. Yea, Georgia still needs more work to bring up our education levels higher, but this school district does work it's butt off.
Does this decision benefit me? Higher property taxes, depression in the home values, increased crime as new people come in acting like fools, and lower employment? These will not be easy times.