I understand the necessity of supporting yeshivos and bais yaakovs, but we need to come to the bottom line.
When i have a budget and then something unexpectedly comes up (emergencies, medical, car…)I still need to pay all of my expenses. So I need to cut from somewhere to pay back. BYOBP and other institutions should, especially in these tough economic times, cut back on expenses they dont need.
Parents should pay as much tuition as they can, but they cannot be expected to pay for other people’s children. Tzeddaka has no requirement on where to give it, just that “family before others, community before outsiders….” and there are many tzeddaka organizations they may want to help first.