#2: Getting Your Child Into School Today : With Dayan Hool

Dayan Hool addresses the realities and dilemmas around school admissions today. What can a school reasonably expect from parents? What responsibility does it have to children left without a place? How should families balance what’s right for their child with communal norms, donor influence or social pressure? And when is opening a new school actually the correct solution?

A clear, grounded look at an issue that affects almost every frum family.

 

Timestamps

[0:00:00] - Podcast Introduction: "Asking for a Friend" Episode 2

[0:00:30] - Dayan Biography: Dayan Hool

[0:01:30] - Topic Overview: School Admissions

[0:02:30] - Halachic Framework for School Admission Policies

[0:12:39] - Parental Behavior and School Admission Criteria

[0:36:54] - Handling Children Without School Places

[0:48:21] - Discussion on Opening New Schools

[0:55:36] - Parents' Strategies for School Admission