In Chicago at least land use and closing of schools is extremely contentious.

The areas losing the most students are also the areas that have historically been underserved or down right biased against by local governments.

So when it becomes time to consolidate schools it falls disproportionately on poor neighborhoods, which at the very least looks a lot like punishing the victims.

So there is a lot of community push back. So I wouldn’t say they don’t feel any pressure to deal with school land use, it’s a generally contentious problem with pressure on both sides.