SJS: You said: “I would love to be on a scholarship committee. I would show people how to reduce their luxuries and pay the right amount. “
Let me assure you that sitting on the tuition committee of any Hebrew day school is a thankless and frustrating task. Contrary to what you think, you would not be able to point out cost cutting measures to the parents. Your job would be to review the tax returns and forms submitted by the parents and use the already established formulae to determine the fees to be paid by the family for the coming school year. If families do not wish to supply this information they are assessed the full price of tuition. Even if you know that certain families live very luxurious lifestyles, you are obliged to deal only with the submitted information – and then you must be shtum about the entire transaction as it is confidential. I doubt that you want this job. I always feel sort of sorry for any accountants that have kids in a school, because they are always asked to be on the committee.