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Boston-area Jewish day school to close after 25 years, saying its model is ‘no longer sustainable’

JL;DR SUMMARY MetroWest Jewish Day School in the Boston area is set to close after 25 years due to dwindling enrollment and financial sustainability issues. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish EducationJewish Day SchoolBostonPrizmahOrthodox SchoolsEnrollmentSchool ClosureMetrowestPluralistic SchoolsTuition Support

Places mentioned

Framingham, Massachusetts, United States
"Located in Framingham, Massachusetts, MetroWest Jewish Day opened in 2003 and enrolls students in pre-K through eighth grade."
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
"MetroWest will shutter at the end of the academic year, officials announced last week."
Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
"Aviva Fellman, a rabbi at Congregation Beth Israel in Worcester, Massachusetts, is a parent of four."

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