In the 1950s, rather than integrate some public schools, Virginia closed them

…county officials shuttered the schools to avoid desegregating them, using a tactic to evade the law: they refused to appropriate taxes to pay for the school year. A foundation was created to support private education for white students; later tuition grants were offered. The Black students were on their own…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/27/integration-public-schools-massive-resistance-virginia-1950s