Tuition and vacations

The other day I read about a Jewish school that was suing a family for unpaid tuition. One person who commented maintained that tuition should be paid before all those extras such as going to Florida on vacation and buying summer homes. It reminded me of a story that happened to a close relative of mine many years ago.
He had joined the school board of a local yeshiva that his children attended. It came to the attention of the members of the board that a man who owed school tuition had sent his wife to Florida on vacation. The members of the board made their way to the man's apartment and knocked on the door. The man opened the door and sheepishly welcomed them inside. The board members were shocked by the poverty that greeted them. The living room was sparse with a badly tattered sofa and not much more. The man explained that even though he had very little money, his wife had gone to Florida because she needed a rest and would have suffered a breakdown, had she not had time to escape her destitute surroundings.
My relative walked out of the apartment and went straight to school where he announced his resignation from the school board. And he has never judged a person's circumstances since that incident.