Group will give Jewish families $2.1m for kindergarten
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Boston will spend $2.1 million over the next three years to help Jewish families send their children to kindergarten in 1 of 10 local Jewish day schools.
The Discover Day School Initiative will provide financial aid to families earning up to $250,000 annually, but who may not be able to afford the average $16,000 tuition cost at an elementary Jewish day school. Research showed that many middle- to upper-middle-income families felt they would not qualify for aid, an official said.
“We’re trying to change that,’’ said Gil Preuss, executive vice president of Combined Jewish Philanthropies, a nonprofit federation of Jewish agencies. “We’re looking to help people who could use some financial assistance, as well as
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