<HTML>Firstly, warm regards to Lisa Schlaff - it was nice to see your name for
the first time in 3 years. This is another great facet of this list -
being in touch with long lost friends that are also in Chinuch!
Regarding Lisa's question - I would like to state her question in
different words. It is obvious to me that the reason that a women is not
asked to be the principal in a co-ed school is because although a woman can
head a program for girls, it is assumed (and I am not stating a personal
opinion on this issue - just merely focusing her question!) that a women
cannot be the head of a program for boys. Yet it is taken for granted
that a man can be the head of a program for girls. Therefore, in a co-ed
setting where boys are also present, a man can head the whole institution
but a women can only head half! One can argue the premise here (that a
woman cannot head an institution for boys) and perhaps that is
the real question here. However, Since the question was not asked
regarding a woman running an all-boys institution, and it appears that
that is being taken for granted, I have to assume that the real issue here
is:
a) can in fact a man head an institution for girls equally well as a woman
and if not,
b) why should the need for a man to be the role-model for the boys
supersede the needs of the girls in that school that would be better
served by a woman.
if the answer to a) is that yes , a man can serve as a figure head for
girls just as well as a woman (or at least well-enough to out-weigh the
loss to the boys if they had a woman principal), then Lisa has her answer.
David Katz, Administrative Director - Michlelet Mevaseret Yerushalayim</HTML>
