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Metropolitan Schechter High School is a Conservative Coeducation al College Preparatory School in Teaneck , New Jersey that is the result of the combination of the Solomon Schechter High School Of New York in Manhattan and the Schechter Regional High School in Teaneck. The school is located in New Jersey, with its first classes having started in the fall of 2006. The school plans to have its first graduating class in the Spring of 2007. Plans are underway to construct a campus for the new school, with $6 million raised towards construction expected to be completed by 2008. In early May 2007, parents were informed that there was the possibility that the school would cease operations and not reopen 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 upcoming 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 .Spence, Rebecca. "Parents in N.J. Rally To Save Schechter School" . '''', 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 focuses on English, history, math, science, Hebrew , Tanakh (Bible), and Talmud. In addition, students learn foreign language ( French or Spanish ), the arts, and physical education. A high priority is placed on scientific inquiry, on integrating Jewish and general studies, and on promoting Hebrew both as a living language and as a portal to advanced Jewish study. The core curriculum will be complemented by a variety of elective courses in the arts and sciences. REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS
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