“sefardi who is begging to get into the ashkenazi yeshiva is actually discriminating against the sefardi yeshivos, implying that they are not good enough.” (WTP)
That is a projection.
Maybe the child is fatherless cv”s and his mother is Ashkenazi.
Maybe the Sephardic school is too far and Ashkenazi is better than public school. Home schooling is not an option here.
Even if the Sephardic schools are not up to par, that doesn’t mean that the student who is Sephardic is discriminating against Sephardim by applying to an Ashkenazi school.
Is that not like saying that sending an inner city child who happens to be African American to a suburban school that is predominantly Caucasian is discriminating against African Americans?
How does that even make sense? Perhaps the parents are sending their children to schools based on the reality of what the school offers compared to the other options.
Depending on their options and availability of resources, parents evaluate schools based on numerous criterions.
Factors that affect why someone chooses a particular school for their child:
*Tuition, including costs for additional children after the first tuition
*Distance, location, transportation options.
*Religious values, hashkafah, Zionist stance
*Socioeconomic standing of population and alumni
*Reputation, includes educators and how the school disciplines and responds to complants
*Substance use policies
*Quality of educators, their educational backgrounds, degrees, experience
*Facilities, condition of classrooms, technology
*After school and before school care, options for parents who work longer hours.
*Nurses and medical assistance on staff for acute illnesses, and/or to assist students with chronic health issues
*Proportion of students who go on to complete higher education, university, and/or yeshiva
*Handicap accessibility
*Disability accommodations
*Special needs education services
*ESOL programs
*Inclusion of secular subjects
*Diversity of student body
*Inclusion of parental input and involvement in classroom affairs
*Multimedia technology, including computer permissions and typing homework assignments
*Judgment of parents, protocols, which includes whether or not parents are allowed to have smartphones, Internet access at home, and standards of Yiddishkeit
*Parental biases
*Community biases
*Single sex classrooms vs. Coed
*Emotional feeling when they visit or gut reactions
*Who they want their child to marry and what school will set their child up best based on what they can afford
*Hashem’s Will, and their prayers to be guided accordingly
Who lives in a bubble? Sephardi and Adhkenazi parents still love their children and want to give them the best. Choosing one school over another does not necessarily mean they are rejecting the other. Sometimes one is a better fit for the moment and their needs.