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Emily Stillmann, 13, of Birmingham, Eden Lichterman, 12, of Huntington

Woods and Jennifer Friedman, 13, of Farmington Hills work on a team project.

ever turned away for lack of ability to
pay tuition:' he said.

attending in 2010-2011.
"'I know you don't have a crystal
ball, but what is your best guess — is
Wait And See
this all that's going to change, or is
Liz Leshman's daughter is a senior at
this just the beginning?' she asked
Berkley High School, while her older
them.
son attends FJA. The Huntington
"Both unequivocally said, 'This is
Woods resident is taking a wait-and-
just the beginning.'"
see attitude when it comes to high
The Blums' children are now
school for her younger son, a sixth-
completing first and third grade in
grader in the Berkley School District.
the non-denominational Cranbrook
Budget cuts in the district have caused Schools.
scheduling changes and larg-
As secular Jews, they
er class sizes. "I don't know
did not consider sending
what else is going to happen,"
their children to Jewish day
Leshman said.
schools. "Those are good
The Bloomfield Hills
schools, but we felt their
School District has closed
philosophy was not consis-
several schools and reorga-
tent with our philosophy:'
nized others, while wrestling Ellen C ogan
Stephanie Blum said. In addi-
with where and how to com- Lipton
tion, they did not want to
bine its two high schools.
devote half of their children's
"My biggest concern is that
school day to Judaic studies.
my daughter will be going
Kim Lifton of Huntington
to middle school in fifth
Woods, whose daughter is
grade said Jamina Tepley of
completing seventh grade at
Bloomfield Township, whose
Norup International School in
children are in first and
the Berkley district, said she's
fourth grade. "Once she fin-
going to stick with public
Steve
ishes middle school, I have no Freedm an
school, at least for the time
idea what kind of high school
being.
she will go to."
"I think people need to pay
Stephanie Blum of Farmington Hills attention to what's happening with
said she and her husband, Steve, were
the public schools;' she said. "I have
very concerned about redistricting in
a lot of faith in Michael Simeck, our
the Farmington schools. "My daughter, superintendent in the Berkley Schools.
who had been going to one school for
If we just pulled our children out of
three years, was forced to leave she
the district, that would be even less
said. "It was very upsetting for her:'
money for the schools.
The district sold the elementary
"Have my husband and I discussed
schools' laptops, so they could use
alternatives? Of course. Would I pull
the computer rooms for classrooms,
her out? Probably not."
she said, and parents were told that
Lifton is considering entering her
elementary school class sizes could
daughter's name in the lottery to
approach 30.
attend high school at the International
As the 2009-2010 school year drew
Academy, a public school serving stu-
to a close, Blum called the principal
dents in grades 9-12 from 20 Oakland
at the school her daughter had been
County school districts.
attending for second grade as well as
"Is it the right fit? I don't know," she
the principal of the school she'd be
said. n

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