Joseph:
Wrong impression. I have zero compassion for any expulsions done for financial reasons. There are a variety of reasons for that. If the parents are deadbeats, the expulsion punishes the wrong person. The child is not responsible. If the parents encountered financial difficulty, they should not be handed an expulsion for their child. That is plain cruelty. The student who is being expelled is a direct responsibility for the yeshiva, and needs to be referred to an alternative placement. The dumping of the kid into the street is unacceptable, and a disgrace to the yeshiva and the hanhalah that does it. I am saying that this is being done for business reasons, and I can at least understand the faulty logic.
The kid that is creating a toxic environment in the yeshiva (which the Gedolei Yisroel convened and stated that this is the only excuse for expulsion) truly needs to have a change. That yeshiva cannot keep him. Still, help in another placement is an obligation. What saddens me is that branding the yeshiva kid as a “rodef” requires substantial investigation and clarity. Yet, it is too often a knee jerk reaction that speaks more to the anger of the hanhalah. I have trouble accepting that. Most often, these behavior problems are the challenges in chinuch, and need to be addressed within the system. Dumping them for someone else is rarely the answer for the kid, and often makes matters worse.
Do not get the idea that I am easy on the expelling issue. I am not.