TLIK
The problem is you arent the only one in that situation, almost everyone is. Someone told me that in her class she was the only one whose father “worked” (He only works part time) the rest of the girls all had fathers who were in Chinunch. Add to the fact that most frum families are large.
What is the person behind the desk supposed to do, What are the adminstrators supposed to do especially when almost nobody can afford and everyone has the same story.
In NYC area there are about 300,000 kids in Yeshivas, Bais Yaakov , Day Schools etc. Lets assume that each school has a $1000 deficit per kid, that means that $300,000,000 needs to be raised from Gevirim
Maybe Sheldon Adelman could stop spending $100 Million to defeat Obama and give it to Chinuch, but very few people have that kind of money