Squeak:the two most sandy ectoplasmic beings on Earth (not to mention the Man on the Moon).
The problem is population growth and as a result there are too many children trying to get into the same grade. Imagine an island that only has 3 classrooms but 100 children. 10 of those children are going to die from exposure or sunburn.
The solution is to send your kids to school 2-3 years younger than is currently thought of as normal. Send to kindergarten at age 2 instead of 5 and then there will be enough classrooms for all. Also, SYR is sponsoring cars to take your little tykes to school so you don’t have to bear that expense and carpool hassle too early in your young life.
At least 71 roshei yeshiva have given me their bracha.
Can’t believe I missed this. Repeating in case others did.
Another note is, I do believe that people who give money to Lakewood feel frustrated because Lakewood is founded on valuing only learning, so people who work feel looked down upon.
it is a totally separate issue from the schools issue, and I’m surprised Rabbi Rechnitz conflated them.