The board promised the parents that they would allow the school to stay open if ten students enrolled in the incoming 2007 freshman class by May 11, 2007, and $500,000 was raised by September 1, 2007.
[2] The school's core curriculum focused on English, history, math, science, Hebrew, Tanakh (Bible), and Talmud.
In addition, students studied a foreign language (French or Spanish), the arts and physical education.
The core curriculum was complemented by a variety of elective courses in the arts and sciences.
In late August 2007, the board of trustees of Metropolitan Schechter High School called a meeting to announce that a donor had had some significant financial trouble and they no longer had the proper funds to keep the school running.