Moments ago, it was reported that all 9th grade girls classes in Lakewood schools will begin on Tuesday morning, as the final few girls have been successfully placed in a high school for the coming year.
EARLIER UPDATES BELOW:
As YWN reported on Friday, the BMG Roshei Yeshiva directed all of Lakewood’s girls schools 9th grade classes to remain closed until every girl was accepted into a school.
TLS reported Friday that 9 girls had not yet been accepted to a high school.
As of 10:30PM Sunday night, there were still girls who had not yet been placed in school, hence the decision to keep all the 9th grade classes in town closed on Monday.
“A lot of progress was made, but as of now not everyone is in,” one of the lead Askonim told TLS. “The Roshei Yeshiva just informed the Mosdos that 9th grade cannot start tomorrow.”
“We will continue to work thru the night,” the Askan said.
Additionally, Bais Kayla, under the auspices of Rabbi Schenkolewski, has announced that all grades in his school will not be opening tomorrow.
“We cannot begin he school year without the participation of all of our students,” Rabbi Schenkolewski told TLS.
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Can you imagine being one of these girls? Or their parents? The pain? The embarrassment? The punishment awaiting these school directors outweighs any possible schar they will get for educating our children!!!
What’s the other choice? Open the schools?
Of course they are closed Monday, it’s Labor Day 😉
Revamp the system! If your ultimate goal is to take in all the girls as it should be, create a system where we don’t have a situation like we have. Thirty years ago this was unheard of, ahavas yisroel was more important than this class society we have built.
Good job!!!!!!!!!!
Flatbushguy what are you saying? I’m confused. Aren’t they doing this to help the girls who don’t have a school?
Firstly I would like to see such enforcement action to happen globally.
Reb Matisyohu shlite, as you originate from England, surely you have the power to introduce such takonos here as well.
Really, what should happen, that all school applications should be sent to a central Vaad indicating 1st, 2nd and 3rd choice of School and NO acceptance letters can be sent out until all children have been allocated an acceptable/suitable moisad.
In this way, but anguish and embarrassment can be avoided. And above all no child will feel rejected which cholilo can lead to going OTD!
Lemaaseh, why weren’t these very few particular girls accepted into the elite high school’s the PARENTS so desire? There is obviously a reason, we are not being told. %98 of the girls were excepted. These girls WERE accepted into schools, just not the ones their arrogant PARENTS feel is tzugipaast for their own kavod, especially when it comes to that almighty shidduch. So the whole shtut has to now suffer. Amazing.
i think every school and yeshiva has to do what Satmer Reb aron did in willamsburgh yeshive ketana.
Every yeshiva from the 8 small yeshivas can choose their boys and all left over get soted by lottery.
Bucher A goes to Yeshiva A , B goes to B and so on till every bucher is sorted . Yeshiva has NO say ,the ones who go by Goyrel stay in the system . No single bucher is left out.
Same should be done in Lakewood , every school picks their students and the Vaad will divide the left overs by lottery .
Ocho Sinco I am not criticizing the closing of the schools, I am criticizing the system that has brought us to a place were they need to close the schools.
DavidtheKanoi best idea I ever heard, absolutely brilliant.
Let’s be fair to the Mosdos. We’re happy they’re doing this job & opened up their school. Most of the Rosh HaMosdos are not doing it for Parnossa as they are independently M’sudar. The fact they take in extra girls into a class is a tremendous Chesed for those girls as in truth, it’s insanity to have 40 + girls in a class (not a grade)!
No one is mentioning that these 9 girls were in fact accepted into a school but not the school of their choice. Is this a valid Taanah on the Roshei Hamosdos? The Parents have to do what they have to do but the schools also have a right to decide which girls are Mattim for their schools!
The obvious Eitza is for more schools to open. Why don’t people open up girls schools? Because they need a building & to raise that money when you’re starting off is very hard. If the Askanim would invest in buildings & work out deals to new Roshei Mosdos, then the girl schools would share the problems of the boys high schools where there aren’t enough boys to fill up the classes!
“No one is mentioning that these 9 girls were in fact accepted into a school but not the school of their choice. Is this a valid Taanah on the Roshei Hamosdos?” OLD LAKEWOODER, Are you sure that is factual information. If it is at least in my opinion it changes things.
I have a cousin that was one of these girls. YES she got accepted into a school, however her sister went there and she wanted to go to a different school (and of course after bullying the school she got into the one she wanted even though she doesn’t belong there). As an aside, I have a niece in high school in Lakewood and whenever this comes up she rolls her eyes and says: we have FORTY girls in our class. How many more can they add???
This is not about awful askanim. It’s about a lack of room and stubborn parents who won’t budge until they get what they want.
I wish all Rabonim of all kehilot would do same. There is a lot of blood in a lot of moisdos and a lot of parent and girls – boys as well suffering
The real problem is that none of the Roshei Yeshiva or askamin consulted with any of you guys. I mean just because they know the particulars of the issues……
Not getting involved,
..Did anyone mention ARROGANT?
Old Lakewooder ,
Lakewood long pontificated that they were the right proper narrow yahadus
When the multitudes eventually followed then they were simply blocked out because there was a lack of room?
You guys are blaming people for no reason. The school directors if anything have one, two, or more overfilled classes. What exactly should they do? I think that Flatbush guy needs to put his money where his big mouth is and open up his own school. Until then everybody should be quiet and stop criticizing the directors for the problem of Lakewood’s growth. If anyone can explain it any other way please let me know.
3 TGIShabbos,
School in most Jewish communities started a week or two ago.
I am a proud Lakewood resident, & all I can say that all these people bashing the askanim & school directors should just step in to the role of any school director for just one day, and than we can talk who are at fault for this problem, and instead of bashing Lakewood lets congratulate this town where all mosdes stood together for the sake of 9 girls!!! (I highly doubt any other jewish town would be able to stand together like this-and they ALL have this problem)…