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about $20,000, Roth said. Federation
has been "extremely supportive" to the
school so far, he said, but counting on
the agency's assistance in the future is
not a sound policy.
Although the JAMD is too new to
qualify for campaign dollars, Federation
has allocated planning grants for the
school since before it opened. This year,
it received $350,000.
"Eventually, we are looking toward
tuition for 75-80 percent of our oper-
ating budget," Roth said.
Unlike Hillel's tuition hike, the
JAMD increase is not directly tied to
the economy, Rabbi Buckman said.
Fund-raising has not dropped and
enrollment is growing. Instead, higher
tuition is needed largely because of the
school's expansion, he said.
The school, which opened with ninth-
and 10th-graders only, added an 11th
grade this year and will add 12th grade in
2002-2003.
"As we add a grade, we have to offer
AP (advanced college placement) class-
es," he said. We must offer more
choice within a discipline. For every
AP course we place before a student,
we like to offer an equally compelling
non-AP course."
These options will include a remedial
math track, Rabbi Buckman said.
The JAMD offers a wide range of
extracurricular activities and pays high
salaries to attract quality teachers, Roth
said. Yet, the dollars to support these
advantages come from a small pool of 89
students, with an estimated 100 for 2002-
2003. This relatively small enrollment
makes economies of scale impossible.
"Tuition has always been a problem
for people," said Martin Gene of West
Bloomfield, a JAMD parent and board
member whose three children attended
Hillel. "It's been a problem at Hillel all
these years, and it's a problem at the
Academy now
"Eventually, Academy parents will be
willing to pay those dollars as they come
to value the dual curriculum high
school education of value that we offer."
Doris Blechman of Bloomfield
Township, another JAMD board
member and parent, agreed. The bot-
tom line is, it's worth it. I wouldn't
have done it any other way."

Other Voices

Bruce Powell knows a great deal about
non-Orthodox day high schools. He's
gotten two off the ground in his native
California, and a third, the New
Community Jewish High School, is slated
to open in greater Los Angeles in 2002.
When Powell learned next year's
tuition at the JAMD would be

Hillefs Benjamin Cher, 6, of Huntington
Wood; opens. his Hebrew workbook.

$12,500, his response was, "Where

can I sign up my children?"
Sign-up tuition at the New
Community Jewish High School is
$17,500, with a $2,000 pioneering
discount, he said. "And we're probably
$3,000-$4,000 below the market."
Although day school costs in Los
Angeles may be "an aberration," Powell
said tuition tends to be higher in
schools located in other Jewish com-
munities on the East or West coasts.
In addition to opening schools and
acting as a private day school consult-
ant, Powell is a madrich (guide) for the
Partnership for Excellence in Jewish
Education, a collaborative initiative of
major philanthropic partners designed
to strengthen Jewish day school educa-
tion in North America. In this capacity,
he's been involved in the development
of the JAMD from its earliest days.
"I know the quality of.education is so
much superior at the Detroit Jewish
Academy than at so many other schools,"
said Powell, who continues to monitor
the school's progress with frequent visits.
Among other schools comparable to
the JAMD, Boston's New Jewish High
School opened at $9,500. The school
is currently in its fifth year and tuition
is $14,700. For 2002 2003, tuition
will increase to $16,000, said Rabbi
Daniel Lehmann, headmaster.
The New Atlanta Jewish High School
charges $12,250 this year, and is expect-
ing an increase to "just under $13,000 for
next year," according to Paul Ginburg,
director of operations and development.
Among the schools serving the same
age groups as Hillel, Chicago's
Solomon Schechter School in
Northbrook charges $8,760 this year
for each student in grades K-8, with a
$900 "Give and Get." This year's
tuition at the Epstein School in
Atlanta begins at $8,930 for kinder-
gartners, and rises to $10,450 plus
$330 for books for children in grades
6-8, the highest grades the school
offers. Every family is also asked to
donate $540 to the annual fund.
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