Reply To: Typical Yearly Cost for EY Bais Medrash

Some kids do NOT have any friends or relatives at whose homes they could stay bein hazmanim. It is one thing to spend a Shabbos by a friend of a friend, but expecting to be put up for a few weeks is really an imposition on someone’s generosity. So going home becomes a necessity, if all the other students are going home. That does not reflect poorly on their inability to be away for the year.