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FINDINGS OF FACT
Some of the facts have been stipulated and are so found.
A. Petitioners
1. Petitioners’ Family and Religion
Petitioners lived in North Hollywood, California, when they
filed the petition in this case. During 1995, Michael Sklar
(petitioner) was a self-employed certified public accountant.
Petitioner Marla Sklar (Mrs. Sklar) was a teacher. Petitioners
are Orthodox Jews.
During 1995, petitioners had five children of school age.
We refer to them by their initials: H.S., T.S., M.S., A.S., and
another T.S. It is important to petitioners to pass to their
children a devotion to their Jewish faith.
2. Schools Attended by Petitioners’ Children
Petitioners have educated all of their children at Emek
Hebrew Academy (Emek) and Yeshiva Rav Isacsohn Torath Emeth
Academy (Yeshiva Rav Isacsohn), private Orthodox Jewish day
schools in the Los Angeles area that provide classes for boys and
girls from preschool through eighth grade.
During the 1994-95 and 1995-96 school years (the school
years in issue), petitioners’ children attended the schools and
grade levels as follows:
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