Columbus City Schools is warning that a proposed state law could force the sale or lease of school buildings operating below 60% enrollment. Here's the question nobody seems to be asking. Why does every solution seem to move public assets away from public control? A school building is more than classrooms. It's often one of the largest public investments in a neighborhood. It's where community meetings happen. It's where youth programs operate. It's where families gather. Once those buildings are sold, leased, or transferred, communities may never get them back. Supporters say the bill will put underused buildings back into service. Maybe. But who gets first access? Charter schools? Private schools? Developers? Organizations receiving public incentives and tax abatements? Columbus residents have watched public schools lose funding, lose enrollment, close buildings, and then lose control of valuable community assets. At some point, people have a right to ask whether we're solving educational problems or simply creating opportunities for someone else to acquire public property. The real question isn't whether a building is half empty. The real question is why so many public schools became half empty in the first place. Ohio has already diverted billions of public education dollars into private and voucher-supported education programs while public school districts across the state face budget cuts, staff reductions, and declining enrollment. Now communities are being told they may also lose control of the very buildings their tax dollars paid for. Before another school is sold, leased, or handed over, the public deserves answers. Who benefits? Who profits? And what happens to the neighborhoods left behind? Find the pattern.