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The problem is that the people running the schools won’t change things. If someone attempts to start a new school based on the system of old, they’d be blacklisted and called apikorsim.

R’ Horowitz was in my community recently, and someone asked him how we should start this. R’ Horowitz replied that as parents, we need to decide for our children. If you feel your child needs to leave school at 5:00 every day, and anything later is too much for him, then go and take him out at 5:00! Explain to the principal what your reasoning is, and take him home.

The problem with that is the schools won’t stand for it. If a parent removes their child early, the school would very nicely explain to the parent that their child isn’t welcome in their school anymore.

Just to note, when I was in Yeshiva (post-high school) my Rosh Yeshiva told me one day that he felt I was burning out in middle of the zman, and that he felt I needed a break. He advised me to go home for a few days, relax, and re-energize myself. With that, I’d be able to finish the zman on a much higher level.

That is how a Rosh Yeshiva should be, knowing his students and what’s best for each one.