Conservative Jewish
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coeducation
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college preparatory school
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Teaneck, New Jersey
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Manhattan
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Schechter Regional High School
Schechter Regional High School was a small, coeducational, Conservative Jewish High School, located in Teaneck, New Jersey, United States. It was founded in 2003, as an outgrowth of two lower Schechter elementary and middle schools in existence for ...
in Teaneck. It started in fall 2006, had its first graduating class in the spring 2007, and never re-opened after summer 2007.
In early May 2007, parents were informed that there was the possibility that the school would cease operations and not re-open for the 2007–2008 school year. For those students who came from Solomon Schechter High School of New York, this would have meant two years in a row of switching schools, with the closure once again announced at the end of the school year. A meeting was held on the evening of May 7, 2007, with parents and board members. It was announced that only 9 students had enrolled for the upcoming entering class, and that the school needed an additional $1.5 million in order to get through the coming school year. The board promised the parents that they would allow the school to stay open if ten students enrolled in the incoming 2007 freshman class by May 11, 2007, and $500,000 was raised by September 1, 2007. In late August, the school board announced that a long-time major donor had backed out from a pledge because of "personal financial losses" and the school was closed.Spence, Rebecca "Families Mourn as School Abruptly Closes" ''The Forward'', August 29, 2007. Accessed August 29, 2007. "Less than two weeks before the Metropolitan Schechter High School in Teaneck, N.J., was set to begin the academic year, the board announced to a shocked audience of parents, teachers and students that the school had not met its fundraising goals and would therefore be forced close its doors for good."
Curriculum
The school's core curriculum focused on English, history, math, science,
Hebrew
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The Jewish Week
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