O.U. Proposes Bingo to Help Save Day Schools

from The Forward:

O.U. Proposes Measures To Increase Yeshiva Revenues and Reduce Tuition

With operation costs climbing for schools, and tuition increases bearing down on parents amid the current crushing economic downturn, the O.U.’s Rabbi Saul Zucker recently laid out a revolutionary package of school cost-saving measures to a worried gathering of Jewish education officials in Los Angeles.

More radically, Zucker proposed a model for a new kind of yeshiva to stem parent flight in the face of rising tuitions. By taking a stripped down, no-frills approach, he said, yeshivas can be established that will offer parents a strong Jewish and secular education for only $6,500 to $7,000 per year.

Zucker proposed a six-point program, including a number of changes that would, on their own merits, modernize school operations. Zucker proposed:

• Holding bingo fundraising events to generate income.