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<blockquote data-quote="27Man" data-source="post: 3639818" data-attributes="member: 48755"><p>I was told once that the number of counties in oklahoma was determined by how far a man could ride on horseback from one county seat to the next. Hence 77 county seats with 77 sheriffs, court houses, treasurers, and other elected personnel. There are around 500 school districts in our state with their own superintendent and assorted office personnel. SE Oklahoma is rife with dinky school districts within a few miles of each other. They could be consolidated but politically that won’t happen. To vote for consolidation in SE Oklahoma is political suicide. Western Oklahoma is a different matter. Because of the density factor, consolidation would mean very long and early bus rides for kids living in the outlying areas. Do we have too many counties and school districts? Yes. Is it going to change. Probably not.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="27Man, post: 3639818, member: 48755"] I was told once that the number of counties in oklahoma was determined by how far a man could ride on horseback from one county seat to the next. Hence 77 county seats with 77 sheriffs, court houses, treasurers, and other elected personnel. There are around 500 school districts in our state with their own superintendent and assorted office personnel. SE Oklahoma is rife with dinky school districts within a few miles of each other. They could be consolidated but politically that won’t happen. To vote for consolidation in SE Oklahoma is political suicide. Western Oklahoma is a different matter. Because of the density factor, consolidation would mean very long and early bus rides for kids living in the outlying areas. Do we have too many counties and school districts? Yes. Is it going to change. Probably not. [/QUOTE]
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