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 It’s almost ironic that the less observant schools cost more, because those are the people most likely to turn away from it altogether.[/quote]

I don't think it's ironic.  The more observant schools, like many Catholic parochial schools, or Evangelical Christian schools come from a mindset that a religious educational environment is something that should be available to every child of the faith.  They often have facilities and offerings that are less fancy and developed than the public schools.  They have parent volunteers taking on various functions to make it affordable.  People who choose these schools aren't making their decision "Who has the fancier gym?" or "What is the student-teacher ratio compared to public?" or "How many periods of music in the week?"  They're looking for religion first, and if that means things are a little scruffier, and the classes are a little bigger, and the soccer coach is a parent volunteer, and the computers are out of date they are OK with it.

Parents who are looking at Milton or JDS are looking for a private school experience.  Yes, they value Judaism, but not at the expense of other things, so the schools need to have facilities and staff and offerings that exceed the public schools, and that are mostly comparable to other private schools.  And running a private school that has those things is expensive.

Should there be cheap scruffy conservative or reform Jewish schools?  Or cheap scruffy mainline protestant schools or secular schools?  Is there a market for them?  I don't know that there is.  [/quote]

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