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Akiva Hebrew Day School

programs at Hillel and Beth
Yehudah.
Hillel's tuition is jumping
from $4,875 to $5,300, the re-
sult both of increased oper-
ating costs and a greater
number of scholarship stu-
dents.
Beth Yehudah, which for
some time now has been bat-
tling financial problems, is
reevaluating its scholarship
procedure. In the past, schol-
arships were given too quick-
ly and without serious
consideration of the family's
financial status, a school
spokesman said. Officials are
now planning to do a closer
evaluation of the families re-
questing financial aid, in-
cluding a review of federal
income tax forms.
Full tuition is expected to
remain about the same at
Beth Yehudah ($3,750),
Akiva ($4,100), the Lubavitch
cheder ($3,500) and Darchei
Torah ($3,000).
Executive Director Robert
Steinberg acknowledged that
Hillel's $5,300 tuition — an
increase of $425 — is "a sig-
nificant amount of money, es-
pecially for families with two
or three children at Hillel."
Yet he contends that figure
is "nowhere near" the cost of
tuition at many other
Solomon Schechter day
schools around the country.
With 51 new students this
year, Hillel is bigger and the
cost of operations is greater,
Mr. Steinberg said. He fur-
ther cited the upkeep of the
building, numerous special-
ty courses and maintaining
small class sizes as con-
tributing to the $5,300 tu-
ition.
Hillel also is in the midst
of renegotiating contracts
with teachers; school officials
would not discuss details of
the talks.

In addition, Hillel has en-
rolled 25 new Russians, for a
total of 49. The students are
not transferring from other
local Jewish day schools, but
rather have heard about
Hillel from friends and ac-
quaintances, Mr. Steinberg
said. The school is adding a
second portable classroom
this fall.
As at Beth Yehudah and
Akiva, which expects 35
Russian students, the same
as last year, many of the
Russian students at Hillel
are on full or partial scholar-
ship. They attend regular
classes and have access to tu-

Hillel has enrolled
25 new Russians,
for a total of 49.

tors who provide special
English-language assistance.
Scholarships generally do
not come in the form of
grants from contributors, but
rather represent a reduction
in tuition. School officials
meet with parents to review
how much, if any, the family
is able to pay. Jewish day
schools do not refuse an edu-
cation to any Jewish child,
even those unable to pay a
dollar of tuition costs.
"We have a strong com-
mitment to educate these
children," Mr. Steinberg said
of low-income families. "If we
don't take care of them, who
will?"
About 190 children at
Hillel are on scholarship.
Of the 266 families with
students at Yeshiva Beth
Yehudah, about 170 families
have children on scholar-
ships, according to adminis-
trative director Hillel
Abrams. But this may
change as the school reviews
its present scholarship pro-