I once lived in an “emerging Jewish community” located in the central US. This community has two day schools. When a local pediatrician enrolled her children in the newer school, the executive director told her that since she was a “rich doctor”, he expected her to work extra shifts so that she could donate money to the school beyond full tuition (and in this school, full tuition exceeded by several thousand dollars the acual cost of educating each child). At the time she was saving up to buy her own practice & was paying back large educational loans while supporting her family (her husband was in chinuch). Soon after, she enrolled her children in the older school. So this problem is not unique to chassidish schools.
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