Reply To: Working parent letter: two implementable ideas I posted

Hodulashem: Nobody is bashing teachers or not showing hakoras tov to them. But the reality is that current economic situation cannot allow for the current system to survive.

The least painful option would be to give back free time and to extend friday hours with a possible give back from sunday hours when parents are off anyway.

Current teaching schedules for the most part have been in use since agricultural society was dominant.Another solution would be to teach in July schools/teachers would get more money and parents would save money. The summer does wonders for kids but August would be sufficient they do not need eight weeks off. July could have divided days with half learning half play with teachers supervising.

Every profession and Industry all over the country has had to implant change to save money and survive. Unfortunately our Yeshiva system is not immune.You can’t draw water from a dry well, tuition rates can’t go any higher. The schools must be more creative so they can help us help them.

While tuition has been hard since time immemorial, it did not grow into the current monster it is until the late 1990’s as salaries have not kept true pace with inflation. However, the schools have been raising tuition every year.

If salaries have not gone up commensurate with expenditure this money is just not there.

The only solution is further communal involvement in schools, and just like all professions across the country a give back to the people.Schools have by and large put burden of tuition on parents and ignored the problem.It has now reached a point where schools must give something back to the parents and together with us come up with fast easily executable solutions options or our Yeshivas will not survive.