April 2009, the school did not renew several teacher contracts due to the financial crisis caused by the Madoff scam, and to increased demand for financial aid caused by the recession. The school also raised tuition 9.9% to meet rising expenses, its highest increase. Additional teacher layoffs occurred in the spring of 2010 due to a decline in enrollment in the elementary and upper school divisions. Class sizes were increased and the number of high school sections was decreased. With these decreases in the number of faculty came an increase in the size of the administration. In 2009, Barry Ehrlich, a former NH high school history teacher and former Head of School of NYU Langone's Child Study Center was hired as the school's K-12 Director of Curriculum. In 2010, the administration was expanded again with the hiring of a high school assistant principal, Rabbi Dov Huff, an alumnus. The school announced on May 6, 2018 that for the 2019 - 2020 school year that they plan on renting out the Brener building and consolidating all of the school into the Saval building in order to further reduce expenses. Notable alumni Binyamin Appelbaum '96, journalist at the New York Times Yoni Appelbaum ’98 politics editor of TheAtlantic.com and a senior editor of the Atlantic magazine. Steven Bayme '67, essayist and author Etan Cohen '92, Hollywood screenwriter and Director Eliot Cohen '73, influential neo-conservative and professor of foreign policy at Johns Hopkins University Adam (AJ) Edelman, Olympian and 4x Israeli Champion in the sport of skeleton. Noah Feldman '88, Rhodes Scholar, Harvard law professor, critic of Modern Orthodoxy Marc Gopin '75, director of the Center on Religion, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution, George Mason University Jessica Hammer, Professor of computer games at Carnegie Mellon University. Matthew Levitt '88, a senior fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, specializing in terrorism and US policy Asher Lopatin '82, Rhodes Scholar, former rabbi in ASBI Congregation in Chicago, president of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Barry Lowenkron '69, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Esther Petrack '10, Contestant on Cycle 15 of America's Next Top Model Haym Soloveitchik '54, historian at Yeshiva University and the only son of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik Michael Strassfeld '67, rabbi, co-author of The Jewish Catalog Mayer Twersky '78, Rosh Yeshiva, Yeshiva University-RIETS School song The Maimonides School Song was last revived at the school's