Sorry, I’m joining this so late it the game. Bklyn has had similar cases (a school closes and “no one wants the kids”) but when you dug a bit deeper, it turns out the there were schools that would take some of the kids, and others would take the other kids, but it wa that parents that said,”we don’t want THAT school.
And true, THAT school did not want THAT child for whatever reason (hashkofo, money, space, whatever) but each child could have been placed had the parents been flexible.
I don’t know the Monsey market, but in Blkyn (and to a larger extent, Lakewood) you have situations where parent A and child and a perfect fit for school XYZ, but spouse refuses to play by the same rule book, so the kid gets shut out.
If all players (parents and child) were on the same page, the process would be a whole lot smoother.
I’m no model parent (in terms of compliance, yichus or $$$) and if I got my kids into schools each term, than anyone can.
All you might need to do is a really good look in the mirror