There is an exciting new development for many Jewish South Florida families who are currently sending their children to public school: the opening of a Jewish private school that perfectly blends public and private school education. Shorashim Academy is a premier day school that will offer cutting-edge general studies along with Hebrew and Judaic studies, all at a low tuition. The cofounders of Shorashim Academy, Dr. Gur Berman and Rabbi Isaac Melnick, have over a decade of education leadership specifically focused on Jewish public school students, many who wish they could afford the tuition of a top Jewish private school. “The bottom line is that parents who opt to send their children to public school are motivated by two things: No tuition and the quality of academics,” explained Berman, Shorashim Academy’s head of school, who was a well-loved principal of Ben Gamla Plantation.