Eight-year-old Faith Faro of Solomon Schechter Day School is excited as she cuts out and traces squirrel patterns in a classroom at the Chodorovsky Building on an unseasonably mild but foggy February morning. It may not feel quite like summer outside...

Last month, Solomon Schechter Day School (SSDS) and Saul Mirowitz Day School-Reform Jewish Academy (RJA) announced a tentative merger plan for the 2012-13 school year.The decision exemplified a trend across Jewish communities where institutions of various...