After firing 40 staff people for ‘fiscal reasons’, JPPS-Bialik is ready to once again raise tuition for the next academic year. At a closed door board of director’s meeting last Monday, discussion centered around raising tuition to defray the cost of less students but stable overhead. The tuition increase proposed $350.00 per student would...

Who is responsible for our local Jewish school staffing? In the current JPPS-Bialik situation, much focus has been placed on the lay board, but are they ultimately responsible for what happens at the school? All of the Jewish schools in Montreal are affiliated with Federation CJA’s Bronfman Jewish Education Council (BJEC), essentially a body that works as...

Over the last few weeks, we at Truetalkradio.com have learned that there has been an exodus of students from JPPS-Bialik. Parents are pulling their kids from the school system in record numbers, while others are awaiting acceptance in secular private schools. Parents who spoke to us asked for anonymity to protect their children from repercussions in the last...

  By Aryeh Klapper – From Jewish Ideas Daily There is a lot of hand-wringing these days about whether the rising costs of Jewish day schools are sustainable.  The discussion has been about money: How can we get more?  How can we spend less?  These questions miss the point: The largest costs of high day school tuition are not financial but moral,...

If you are pulling your child from Jewish school for next year, I would love to talk to you. Please email me. If you wish, I will keep your Identity confidential. I would just like to know where you are sending your child and why you made the decision. -Howie