just me- I hate to say it but
a)people all over the country are hurting.
b)housing prices for small houses or apartments (not huge homes either) in some other communities (not all but some) are even higher.
c)people all over the country cant pay their bills.
d)people are cutting back and only paying for necessities everywhere
IT ISNT JUST IN BROOKLYN!
There are those people everywhere who have a hard time cutting back. How many of you in the CR have gone to the mountains this summer? How many have paid to send their kids to sleep away camp? Gone on a vacation? Redecorated part of their house? Went to Eretz Yisrael this past year? Own a second home/apartment/timeshare/bungalow???
If you answered yes to any of these questions, I think you should have a hard time answering to why they cant pay tuition. None of these are “basic necessities” but many people here have stated that it is “pikuach nefesh” to keep these schools open. Hmm. Is eating out at a fancy restaurant pikuach nefesh? Going to the Catskills?
Its Elul and thats the time for a proper cheshbone hanefesh. Maybe its time for a monetary cheshbon.