“Every kid in Lakewood went to Yeshiva today”, a parent of Nesivos Ohr lamented today. “We have no school – we still may be on the street in couple of weeks with no solution,” the parent tells TLS.
The parents of Nesivos Ohr, which announced its closing about two weeks ago, still have no finalized plan as to where their children will be going to school, just one day before most of Lakewood boys will step onto their school buses.
Plans for the school included dividing the school into three, and then there was a plan for the school to remain open under new leadership, but none have come to fruition as of yet, the parents say.
However, a letter which went out to parents today indicated that if they raised enough funds, Plan B could be carried out.
“B”H the Askonim are very close to raising the money needed to reopen our school”, the latter read. “Any additional pledges are crucial at this time and should be called in immediately. We will be notified of registration, opening times and procedures very shortly.”
Nine Rabbeim who were employed at the school, are out of a job as well.
The head line 130 boys still out of school, is misleading!!
It’s different when a certain boy wasn’t let into any school
or 130 boys are not in school because of a school closure
Why can’t we raise some money and keep the school going, just make $1.00 a day campign, you will see greennnn!!!!
or make a $5.00 ticket chinese aution, take them to… and you will see al lot of greennnnn.
or any other fund raising gimic being used today
If every member of this school paid there bills on time then schools would not find themselves in financial situations like this. If the members of the frum community want to send there kids to the religious school of there choice, then understand that there is a cost involved.
I think it is reasonable to say that private school may not be possible for every member of the frum community. Im sure a lot of parents that send there kids to public school would like to send there kids to private school, they just realized they can’t afford it so they don’t
Im a little confused was there yeshiva today or are we just one day before most of Lakewood boys will step onto their school buses.
i think maybe they should send them to public school then oorah can foot the bill
WE NEED MORE SCHOOLS !
Even if every parent had paid their share, when you don’t have a full or nearly full enrollment, you’re not going to cover expenses.
But that’s water under the bridge. Now we have dozens of boys who have gotten accepted into other yeshivas, and not enough boys left to continue this yeshiva. Sadly, the askanim refuse to accept this fact. The least they can do is stop the nonsense that the yeshiva will be revived and allow the parents to enter the other schools, should the other school owners have any rachmanus.
Yes, this is the fault of those parents who did not pay their tuitions for too long. Yes, dont blame anyone but them. If more parents would have paid, the school would never have fallen apart. I know this as a fact.
the problem was NOT parents paying bills on time!!
Tomorrow we will iy”h hear the news that the school will be opening!!!
let’s not open schools until everyone is placed and very soon everyone will have a place
I was in a similar perdicament with my children, my solution…I moved.
To comment # 2 by anonymous.
Your spelling sure looks like you didn’t attend a private school. “Their”, not “there”
to #2 – Get Real !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
to #2 you made a very insensitive comment.
Is so so sad these children are still without a school. The parents are very stressed out about this and it is very difficult for the children not nowing what is going on, if they have a school or not. I really hope that they get the plan finalized already.
This is a great time to point out to our non-Jewish friends and fellow Lakewooders that as you can see, private school parents have a very hard time funding and paying for our schools. We don’t have the power to tax your properties to pay for our schools, nor do we expect you to pay for our schools. We work hard and we pay for our own schools.
At the same time, we pay full property taxes to fund the local public school district.
We are not asking for sympathy. We are happy to pay our tuition to our private school, and we are also happy to pay our property taxes to fund the public schools. All we ask for is understanding on your part for the huge amount of money that we spend on our children’s education and that we also spend on your children’s education. The only thing that we get from all our school property taxes is bussing, which by the way is state-mandated and legally required to be paid by the district. That’s all we get. Why must you make us feel guilty about it? Please show some understanding for our financial struggles as we attempt to fund your children’s education (through property taxes) and our children’s education (through tuition) at the same time.
I am neighbors with a former(?) Rebbe of Nesivos Ohr, and he has no job at this point. He just had a new baby, has tuition to pay now for his other children, and unemployment pays for hardly anything, as most of his pay went to tuition prior. It is wrong to leave these hardworking fine people in limbo. It’s not just the students- it’s the Rabbeim too. Had they been told at the end of last year that the school was closing, they could have looked around for another job. At this point it’s way too late. Rabbi (moderated) where are you? Close your gemara for a second and help, as you are really the only person in a position to do so.
To # 16,
Well said ,I hope everybody reads and understand this.
to # 17 i am sorry that your neighbor lost his job but in the real world people lose there jobs everyday and are not given any notice.
to #18 are you sure your neighbor wants you publicizing that? As a matter of fact I find it very upsetting that this was even listed as news. Honestly, unless the purpose was to raise money from readers, I feel this really none of anybodies business.
we kep beating this rediculous drum ..it’s the parents who don’t pay tuition’s fault. Guess what? Some parents lost their jobs and don’t have the money. Is that a crime? Instead of kvetching at them, help them get a good paying job so they can pay. Do you want to help or just kvetch?
Its not a crime for parents not to have money . What is a crime is a system where the Kehila does not fund schools and leaves it to the parents . The school must colect the tuitions to exist and if the Kehila does npt provide it ,then parents must pay even if they lost their jobs . When somebody has no money ,he does not expect the grocery to give him free food oer the bank to pay his mortgage or the catering hall tp make his chasunah for free . we all understand that there is Tomchei shabbos for food and hachnosas kalla funds for weddings . Why dont we understand that its impossible for the schools to provide free tuition and there must be a tomchei tuition . How do we expect the schools to give something for free any more than stores or electric suppliers or caterers . It makes no sense . We are driving our schools into bankruptcy ch”v with this attitude .
To #21. I mean that’s life. Part of what caused this crash in the economy was people living above their means. If you lose your job, or you have a low paying job, maybe you can’t afford private school for your children.
It’s very simple if you make 30k a year and you have 4 kids to send to private school and it costs about 5k each to send them there then you can not afford it.
It’s no different then housing. If you make 50k a year and have little savings you can not afford a 500k dollar home.