January 27, 2005
by Reb Yudel |
Solomon Schechter Day School of Essex and Union is expected to announce plans to open a Somerset County campus next fall, in an unusual partnership between the Conservative movement and PARDeS, the Progressive Association of Reform Day Schools.Besides the inevitable question I have as a Teaneck resident (where the heck is Somerset County?), I'd like to know:The new campus for the Conservative day school, to be located at the Reform Temple Beth El in Hillsborough, will be the first Jewish day school in Somerset County
- What are the advantages / disadvantages of an existing school opening a new campus, rather than just opening a new school?
- What are the differences between the Reform and Conservative day school organizations? What does their cooperation entail and imply?
They're holding a news conference next week. See followup in next week's issue.
Meanwhile, see this article from our Middlesex edition: "Schechter cites ‘pressures,’ but vows to weather financial crunch." We reported that despite a “robust fundraising” year in 2003-04, the Solomon Schechter Day School of Raritan Valley (East Brunswick) “faces enormous pressure because of increasing operational costs and enrollment declines.”
http://www.njjewishnews.com/njjn.com/011305/sxschechter.html
Isn't there a Solomon Schechter in New Milford that would serve the Bergen County, particularly Ft. Lee-Englewood-Paramus-Tnek-etc. areas?
New Milford SSDS serves Bergen. Essex and Union is a good 45 minutes from Teaneck and north, although older kids would travel to the SSDS in West Orange (less so since the establishment of a Schechter hischool in Teaneck last year). Hillsborough is a shlep from Bergen and vice versa.
Posted by: Silow-Carroll at January 31, 2005 11:17 AM
