How many people who are in their own business prepared to be totally honest with the scholarship committee? For that matter, why does tuition cost SJSnyc $12-15000 per child when the COMBINED tuition for my two grandchildren in Staten Island is $15,000?
One of the reasons that my daughter chose S.I. was because tution at Merkaz Hatorah was half the tuition of Yeshivas suburban areas.
The suburban school district where I live educates 4900 students, maintains a high school, middle school, 5 elementary schools, an outdoor athletic complex ( football, soccer,baseball, tennis,track ) 25 varsity and 15 junior varsity teams, a band, and a full range of labs and academic courses. In addition, the district provides free bus transportation to any school age child to any school ( including yeshivas ) within 20 miles. They do all this at a cost of $14,900 per child. Why should a yeshiva that provides a fraction of these services charge the same or more? ( I know yeshivas carry a double schedule but they don’t provide anything near the teacher pay scale or benefits that the district does ).