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The cost is not just be for the hour spent with each student. It takes alot of time to prpare and that factors into the cost.
My firm bills me out at $200 AN hour for computer consulting….is that fair? The $200 covers not just my time, other costs associated with the job.
The same as with a tutor….there are more costs than just the hour spent with the student.
This has become a tremendous problem. The competition as to who has the better single malt, who can drink more etc. is rampant.
The other issue that has been addressed in the past, but seems to have been swept under the rug, is the popularity of the kiddush club. In some shuls, this has become the main reason to come to shul shabbos mornings. And the children that witness this can only grow up thinking that this is the norm.
Shuls need to place a stop to the kiddush club and, as someone else said, perhaps a stop to all drinking in the shul period.
As a husband of a teacher that does tutor and one that has hired a tutor for my own children i think that the rate of $75 is fair. It takes a lot of preperation to get one lesson plan ready. My wife makes a different one for each student. It is also a major imposition on the family life as it does take a lot for everyone else to “chip in” while mom is tutoring.
Of course, there are situations where she bends the rate. This happens when a third party intervenes on behalf of the family.
I do agree, however, that as with many things in life, that there a those students that simply lose out because they cant get the help they need. The schools could provide tutoring but then they would have to pay the teachers and then pass the cost on to someone else.