Bais Faiga Remains Closed as Fourth Day of Teachers Strike Looms

Update: Meeting taking place right now in R' Matisyahu Solomon's home. Attending are R' Malkiel Kotler, R' Shlomo Kanarek, R' Mendel Rabinowitz, & Mr. Joe Tabak.

Update: Total stand-off continues. No movement. Parents furious at "Daas Torah". Girls are seen 'walking the streets', parents taking off work to watch kids & yungerleit not learning for 3 days does not seem to mean anything to Daas Torah.

Asbury Park Press - Lakewood Bais Faiga Teachers Strike:
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Update: Last nights scheduled meeting between 'Daas Torah' and teachers was cancelled at the last minute. Teachers will have mud on their faces at end of fiasco. The principle faces expulsion. Mass Bitul Torah continues as yungerliet watch girls stuck at home...

Update: Gedolim that were working to settle Bais Faiga strike last night, were stunned as 4 insane yungerleit climbed through the window of R' Mattisyahu Solomon's office, pushed tables, & terrorized the meeting.
"We acted on the Rosh Yeshiva's Orders". Four Mechutzafim claim they were instructed to storm R' Mattisyahu Solomon's office by a Rosh Yeshiva of Lakewood.

Lakewood, New Jersey: Bais Faiga Girls School remains closed for its third day. Bais Faiga Elementary School has two buildings, the main campus on Courtney Road and the Grater building on Park Avenue. The school has been closed since Monday, when the teachers went on strike. Teachers have been wanting to strike since last week but the Masgiach, R' Matisyahu asked them to hold off (as reported below on YIDVID) as they have not been paid in 2 months. The strike developed after the Mehaheless, together with teachers, claimed that they approached the Lakewood Beis Din led by Rabbi Forscheimer for guidance, and that the Beis Din, with the direct guidance of Reb Shmuel Kamenetsky, decided to call the current strike to protest the non-payment of the already-meager salaries to the teachers. The school, which is one of the biggest frum girls schools in the world, is attended by over 1800 girls. "Daas Torah" caused irresponsible teachers to hand out letters to children about the strike, Mass Bitul Torah is underway in the BMG Kollel today. Thousands of girls are staying home, and parents are forced to stay home from work and Kollel to watch their children. Day camps have been arranged for the thousands of girls without a school. The situation in the boys' school, owned by the same person, is also tense, but as of now there is no strike there.

This past Friday, letters were sent home by teachers to parents explaining their decision. The letter stated that since the teachers have not been paid recently, and because of a shortage in supplies, they now feel that there is no other option for their part other then stopping of teaching until the matter between the administration and the menahelless is resolved once and for all.

The strike was predicted last week by YIDVID:
Bais Faiga to Close as Teachers will Strike Due to not Being Paid
Lakewood, New Jersey: The Bais Faiga girls school which has over 3000 children, will be closed next week due to the fact that no teachers have been paid for almost 2 months. Teachers have already wanted to go on strike last week, but the Mashgiach, Rav Matisyahu Salomon, asked them to wait two weeks. The situation looks like the teachers will not get paid, so the school will have to be shut down as the owner continues to deny the funds. Mosdos in Lakewood keep getting affected by the current financial situation as reported below on YIDVID.