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- Democrat candidate for Assembly opposed school vouchers in LinkedIn post here
Lakewood vaad also opposed
- Jackson residents to vote on $4 million tax increase On the election ballot for the upcoming general election, Jackson Township residents will be asked to approve or deny a $4,035,000 tax increase for the public schools. The Jackson School District is inviting the public to a public forum tonight where you can learn more about the proposed tax increase. (Faanews)
- Schools giving interviews and accepting parents should keep calling and have others call for them
- Jim Jordan comes up short in 2nd round of voting for speaker
-B'M Liminov opens in the hearthstone area
- Township to spend $1.7 million to purchase 3 new buses for the UEZ Lakewood shuttle
yesterday the LDC doubled the salary for the liaison to 150k a year
there are senior communities in Lakewood that do not have any transportation coming to them while most of the buses service the heiimish communities of south Lakewood
- More tax abatements to be approved tomorrow at township committee 5 year for Blueberry Court Holdings, LLC, 1366 River Avenue,
485 Oberlin Owner, LLC, 485 Oberlin Avenue,and 30 year for Tower Five Equity Urban Renewal LLC in Cedarbridge
- The average rate on the popular 30-year fixed mortgage rate hit 8% Wednesday morning, according to Mortgage News Daily. That is the highest level since mid-2000.
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ReplyDeleteA simple guide to Newcomers to the Lakewood School system.
ReplyDeleteFirst and foremost, the views expressed below are just a personal opinion. Take it with the lightest grain of salt. Really. Don’t argue with it, don’t fight it, or go ahead and argue with it or fight it. Not responding anyway as there is no reason to argue with anonymous comment on the internet.
The opinions below is addressed to the what one would call the “Balhabatish” crowd. You know, the working parent(s) crowd. The ones who came from out of Lakewood to the Lakewood + area to have a “nicer and better” lifestyle.
1. Lakewood is not NY. Remember that. Lakewood was built on the Yeshiva (BMG) infrastructure and schedule. Many things changed over the last several years, but ultimately majority of the Yeshivas still respect that fact and many decisions especially involving schedules and calendar is based around the yeshiva system.
2. There is a shortage of classroom space. Fact.
3. 99.99% of children get into an elementary school. Many after significant pushing and phone calls. But nonetheless, accepted. Fact.
4. Let’s say there is 80 slots for the primary school year. And there are 35 siblings coming in that school year. That leaves 45 open slots. There are well over a hundred applicants (more) per school based on this average. Obviously people won’t get accepted to the school of their choice. Obviously good, really good people won’t get accepted to the school of their choice. Be open minded, apply to more than one school.
5. After siblings, the people who the school are familiar with, (and obviously align with said school hashkafa) will prob be accepted before somebody that the school does not know. It’s pretty simple reasoning. They know the person, or their brother-in-law, or their business partner, or their father in law, or their cousin, or their boss, or their good friend. They just heard of him. The name is familiar. Yes, that helps the acceptance process. It’s just a fact. Less research has to be done = gets accepted (or rejected)faster.
6. Keep calling for an interview if you didn’t get one within a week after applying.
7. Call again. And have good people call for you as well.
8. Call again.
9. Call all schools that you applied to equally, stress to each individual school that you are calling that, that is your school of choice. It’s important for them to know that they are not # 2.
10. Get an interview. Men wear a suit. Women wear casual vort attire. Men wear a hat (obviously). Women and men don’t go heavy on perfume and or cologne.
11. If no interview granted, call again. And again.
12. In general, don’t be a loud mouth, and don’t overly voice your opinions is a loud manner. In your community, in your Shul, in your Chaburah, in the gym, ON SOCIAL MEDIA. No school wants to have the even slightest issue with extremely opinionated parents voicing their opinions or objecting the school policies in a loud way.
13. No social media. Get off of it. Not private. Not blocked. Off. Off. Off. after your kid is accepted do what you want at your own risk.
14. Did I say no social media.
15. No social media. That also means WhatsApp statuses. Just don’t post your opinions. Nobody wants to hear it anyway. And if people say they doc continue after your child is in school, at your own risk.
16. Men and women. Tznius. It’s important. Not to your own opinion of trying to be a good Jew. Tznius to the majority of the frum community standards. Goes for men and women. Let’s not get into particulars. But it matters. It’s a very big deal. Also, Tznius is not only about dress. It’s about the way you act in public also.
17. Be extra careful who your friends are. Guilty by association is a real thing.
18. Be known as a good person.
18. Be known as a good person.
ReplyDelete19. Men please daven by minyanim and have people know that you do. Do yourself a favor and wear a hat by Mincha and maariv.
20. White shirts (or dressing as a respectable person) matters. Very much.
21. White polo shirts are not acceptable for adults to wear on shabbos. Even in your summer colony/development on shabbos afternoon.
22. The yeshivas know everything. They do research. People share information. People talk. They know. If they ask you a question, chances are they know the answer to it already. So be honest.
23. Generally Rabanim are not the right person to call yeshivas for you ( in the early stages). If the yeshivas feel pressured to listen to every rav they will be forced to take everyone in every day. It’s understandable that the rabanim feel a responsibility for their kehilla and therefore will possibly not be 100% forthcoming about every detail about said individual.
24. Schools will accept people who you don’t think deserve to be accepted. Fact.
25. Schools have many reasons to accept certain “questionable” individuals. Many different reasons. Many different variables. Don’t fight it and don’t be bitter about it. And chances are it’s not because of money.
26. If you pull up to school interview in a $100,000 car expect to pay full tuition.
27. If you pull up to a school in a 1993 used car, expect to pay full tuition.
28. Schools need money, schools need tuition. Commit to full tuition. Try your hardest. Sacrifice. Sacrifice. If you can’t make it one month, be upfront with the administration. If you can’t make tuition, they don’t want to see you going on vacation.
29. Be a partner in your children’s chinnuch. Be smart about electronics. Be smart about internet usage. Be smart about cell phones. Be a partner in your children’s chinnuch.
30. Pledge to the schools that you will be a committed partner in your children’s chinnuch.
31. Schools don’t want to teach one thing to their students, and when they go home it’s all uprooted. Since and repeat daily.
32. Be a good Jew. Shomer torah umitzvos.
33. Get off social media.
34. Get off social media.
35. Be careful who you hang out with.
36. Guilt by association is real.
37. Go to where you are accepted, even if not the first choice. Worst case scenario, you can switch out in a year or two (it’s alway easier) or believe it or not you might see that you are super happy by the school who really felt you will be miserable at.
38. Get off social media.
39. Be Tznius.
40. Daven daven daven daven daven.