As I stated above, Polly does send her son to school in Sheffield, and her daughter did go to school in Sheffield until she was approached to attend the magnet school.
Polly and her husband didn't go out and apply for a position at this school. They were approached by the school.
It's not like she and her husband decided to send their kids to some uppity private school in the neighboring county. Her son attends school in Sheffield, and so did her daughter until she got this amazing opportunity.
Of course Polly wants kids to attend Sheffield schools. If she didn't believe that, she wouldn't be serving on the school board. But at the same time, if you were given the opportunity to send your child to either the University of North Alabama or a school like Harvard, wouldn't you send them to Harvard?
And, besides, this has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with being District Court Judge.