St. John the Baptist Tuition
Registration
- The registration fee is due at registration. Registration is not considered complete until this is paid.
- The registration and supply fees are non-refundable and are not prorated for families enrolling after the start of the school year.
- Discounts and refunds for incomplete school years, either starting late or leaving early, will be prorated from total tuition, not including the registration or supply fee, by the number of days enrolled.
- New families may be asked to complete at least one monthly payment of at least 1/10 of tuition before their student is admitted to class.
- All applications from current students received after March 1st will be considered new applications, and acceptance is not guaranteed but contingent on space and the discretion of administrators.
- Tuition for previous years must be current, or a payment plan must be in place and followed on time for three consecutive months before a student’s registration will be considered final for the new school year. If, by the beginning of the new school year, there have not been at least three consecutive months of payments made on time per the payment agreement, the student may not be allowed to start the school year. After three consecutive months of payments or the payment of all debt to St. John, the student can be re-enrolled at the principal’s discretion.
- In the spirit of hospitality, all families receive the “parishioner” tuition rate. We expect our families who are Catholic to be active parishioners, meaning:
o A registered parishioner
o At least one parent or guardian and all household children attending St. John the Baptist Catholic school are baptized Catholic and identify as Catholic.
o The family regularly attends Sunday Mass at St. John with their children.
o The family contributes financially to St. John Parish in the Sunday offertory.
Tiered Tuition
All students are subsidized by St. John’s parish. Families at St. John are invited to select the tuition level that best suits their family’s financial ability. Any payments above the baseline may be considered a tax-deductible donation, please consult your tax advisor for more information. If your financial circumstances change you can move to a lower or higher tier as needed.
Scholarships
Scholarships are available. These scholarships can be applied for through the Today and Tomorrow Educational Foundation: http://www.ttef-stl.org/. Scholarships are awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. Parish-based scholarships may be given at the discretion of the pastor only a supplement to scholarships offered by the TTEF. No one will receive a scholarship without applying through TTEF.
Payments
- There are several options for paying tuition:
o Tuition may be paid in full to St. John Catholic School on or before July 1st. This can be done by check or cash. Families who do this are given a $200 discount and pay a reduced fee to FACTS Management.
o Tuition may be paid in two equal installments on or before July 1st and January 1st. This can be done by check, automatic debit, or credit card. (Additional fees apply
to credit card transactions.) This also results in a reduced fee from FACTS Management.
o Tuition can be paid quarterly via FACTS Management,
o Monthly tuition payment plans are to be paid through FACTS Management. This is to be paid via automatic withdrawals or by credit card for an additional fee, at a
day of the month chosen by the family using the FACTS system. Tuition is usually paid over 10 months, from August through May.
- Stopping payment on a tuition ACH withdrawal or a check to St. John’s without contacting the school can be grounds for dismissal from the school.
Volunteering Requirements
Parents are expected to volunteer at a minimum of 10 hours per year, which may be completed in a number of ways. Any school activity or donation may be counted as part of your obligation. These may include:
- Being a room parent,
- Coaching an athletic team
- Being a Scout leader
- Volunteering to help with events like, the Dinners, the Auction, or Field Day
- Helping with classroom parties
- Donating commercially baked goods/snacks
- Volunteering in the classroom
- Volunteering to help prepare, at home, projects for the teachers
- Chaperoning field trips
- Working on any school committee
- Donating paper or other materials to the school/classroom
Any volunteering involving working with children requires compliance with our Safe Environment Policy, including a Protecting God’s Children class, online training program, and criminal background check.
Delinquent Payments
At St. John the Baptist Catholic School, we want to make a Catholic education as affordable as possible. By enrolling in St. John the Baptist Catholic School families promise to pay tuition, minus any scholarship received, according to the schedules listed above. This is a serious promise. As circumstances occasionally make an on-time payment impossible, we do not charge a late fee nor a fee for returned checks or electronic chargebacks beyond any fees charged us by our bank or FACTS Management. Tuition pays the salaries for faculty and staff. Many school families work hard to plan and sacrifice to pay tuition on time. It is a matter of justice and an expectation that every family will be current with tuition or, as circumstances require, maintain a payment plan that will bring them current as a condition of enrollment.
- If a family is not able to make a payment because of a change to their financial circumstances they must contact the parish office to discuss the situation. Five days
notice is necessary to stop payment on a scheduled electronic debit.
- FACTS Management will charge families a fee for payments returned for insufficient according to their terms of service. FACTS will automatically attempt to reprocess failed payments according to their policy.
- Families will not have access to report cards, or progress reports if they have a past due balance.
- If a family is behind by two months, they must contact the school office to develop a payment plan to be approved by the pastor to bring themselves current.
- If a family has missed consecutive monthly payments, a weekly tuition payment must be arranged. If a weekly payment is not paid by the close of business on Monday, the student will not be allowed to attend school on Tuesday. These absences count as unexcused absences per the school attendance policy.
- A debt owed to St. John’s Parish or School equivalent to two months’ tuition or more can be grounds for terminating a student’s enrollment in St. John’s school at the discretion of the administration.
- No records will be forwarded to the school to which a student transfers until all tuition and fees outstanding are paid in full.
- St. John the Baptist School reserves the right to pursue debts aggressively using all means legally available.