“The yeshivos are eager to take our money, but not our ideas, concern for our needs, or any other input.”
I am a first degree relative of a yeshiva administrator. I can tell you that this is absolutely false. I agree that it is the perception and administrators might be guilty in contributing to the perception, but it is not the reality. Administrators are more than open to constructive criticism (with emphasis on the word constructive) from the parent body. This thread is filled with demands from Yeshivas, the Yeshiva should be open on these days, on these hours, their teachers should be required to do X and be available for Y and they should make their “customers” happy. Does anyone know the Yeshivas side of the equation?
The biggest problem I have with most comments in this thread is the notion that parents are paying customers with the school providing a service. That is absolutely false. The parents and teachers are full partners. Successful partnerships exist when both sides work to the benefit of the partnership, not the individual partners. If the feelings of parents everywhere are as expressed here, then it should be a simple matter to gather 40 or 50 parents per school and get together with the policy makers at all schools to try and work things out. Ask yourself why this hasn’t happened at a single school (that I am aware of) in the tri state area, or anywhere for that matter.