It isn’t actually a new issue. It comes up every few years when Elul falls out so early on the secular calendar
the menahel of an elementary school in the Tristate area, I embrace much of my job. Discovering and supporting talented rebbeim and morahs, farhering classes, speaking at yeshivah functions, dealing with challenging students… I thrive on it all.
But then there are the stickier parts of the job, like creating the school calendar. Uch. Figuring out when to schedule all the school functions in a way that fits into everyone and their grandmother’s schedule requires a math genius with a PhD in the Hebrew/English calendar.
The biggest dilemma is deciding when to end school and begin the next year.
There are basically three models that boys’ elementary schools follow:
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