Why should they be different than Novominsk, or Philly, or other Yeshivos that only take the better kids?? Why don’t those yeshivos get flack?? Just because until now Chofetz Chaim had a gimmel shiur?? I don’t get why everyone is going crazy about this. Boruch Hashem, there are 3 new mesivtas opening in Flatbush for the below average scholastic child who wants to grow in his Yiddishkeit.
The difference is once you have a successful gimmel shiur and then decide to close it for no reason other than trying to become more “exclusive.” Philly and Novominsk dont have elementary schools that they have an achrayus too.