If you homeschool your kids and/or send them to private schools, and enough people in the town you live in do likewise, that town could potentially throw up the white flag and eliminate their public school system completely since private schools and homeschooling parents would do a better job. Then that town could spend more time and energy on other things, such as improving infrastructure, sprucing up parks and recreational faciilities, or expanding libraries. They could also cut property tax rates by as much as sixty to seventy percent and encourage more residents and businesses to move in.