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I would take all the schools and shut them down and create a Jewish public school system that is controlled by a board.
– You are accepted based on your location (not on how much money you have or who your family is).
– It is tuition free (or a very low tuition costs).
– Boys and girls separate.
Now lets look at the downsides of such a thing.
1) One of the possible problems with this (and i mean real problems not problems like people wanting to send their child to a more exclusive school) is that without tuition it will be hard to maintain. This is not really a problem because,
– There are many people who if they are not paying tuition for their children that will still give something and since they do not need to give to 20 different schools they can give more to just one.
– There are many wealthy people who will give more (also because they wont have 20 different schools asking for money).
– You may be able to get government funding.
2) Another potential problem is that less teachers would be needed so many people would be out of a job. Not either a problem.
– You would still need most of the teachers because you would at the same time need more classes since there are more students so most of the teachers would still have a job.
Now lets look at the upsides of such a thing
1) The teachers can be better screened so that you do not need to worry about anything happening (as has happened too often)
2) It would be cheaper and save families a lot of money.
3) You can have classes for higher and lower levels of learning.
6) It is public so it does not become a business where money is more important than your child.
This is one of the things I would do if I could run Brooklyn (or any large Jewish community)