Common Sense:
1) When there is insufficient money to release the payroll NOBODY gets paid until ALL get paid. At least that was always our policy. Perhaps there are some that do differently – but that would be the exception and agreeably not fair
2) The power, mortgage, and other critical payments would come first – else there would be no school
3) Kol Hakovod. You are the exception then.
In any case, my point is that there is no argument that payroll must be paid on time – but it is not only the fault of the administration if it is c”v not – the parents too share in the blame.