ALL the yeshivos, AT ONCE, must close thier doors, from teh most right wing, to the most left wing, fromt eh frummest, to the most modern, ALL. a letter will go out to all parents, telling them which public school in their area they should go to for the first day of school. ALL parents must take off from work, and go with their children to the local public school. we are talking here of way over a hundred thousand of children on an already stressed system. i would say an emergency meeting in the city council, and state legislature would pass through vouchers in minutes, if not seconds, for the city and state, by law, has to educate all children, and if they dont have the capabilities, they can get sued.
What makes you think that they couldn’t take in the students? Yes they would have to scramble a bit, but they probably could do it. More importantly having the public schools fund yeshivas would violate state law. You can complain to the folks up in Albany if you want but I don’t think they will change the law.
Also if this trick would work why haven’t the catholic schools tried it? They are a lot more organized than Jewish schools are. One memo from the Arch-Bishop and its done, I would guess. Except the Arch-Bishop has lawyers who would tell him why it won’t work.