But other than those really poor communities, nobody spends ~$100 on a calculator without alread having access to a more powerful computer.

There may be some really poor communities where we can't assume that a student has access to a computer and it's either a $5 calculator or nothing. You know what else can do calculations? The smartphones and computers that practically every student has access to. With that said, we really need to let calculators go- collectors can still get excited for them, but they are a waste of money at schools. I have strong opinions about calculators in general, and have owned a wide range of Casio, HP, TI, and even some old/niche ones that only real calculator nerds will recognize (like the Sinclair Cambridge and Elektronika Mk52). I think that having Python is a neat feature.

Relative to other graphing calculators, I've always felt that Casio's offerings were a good value relative to TI- ever since TI captured the education market they stopped being cool and definitely stopped being a good value.