zdad – no, i disagree. i think the leadership understands and I don’t believe they are all sending their kids anywhere for free. A menahel here in chicago may have free or subsidized tuition for his children in his own school but then they all move on to high school and yeshivos where they owe tuition just like everyone else.
no, i don’t think it is the leadership. Although i don’t find it to be the case in my community, the more i read these threads the more i believe it is the middle and upper class who have members who have no idea. “let them eat cake,” indeed.