PARENT PARTICIPATION PROGRAM

In an effort to provide quality education at a reasonable cost, it is necessary to examine various ways to maintain the lowest possible tuition while at the same time staying within our budget. The purpose of the PARENT PARTICIPATION PROGRAM is two-fold. Primarily, the program is designed to highlight the need to actively involve parents/guardians in their child(ren)'s education. It also recognizes the need to rely on parents/guardians to provide available services/materials to keep maintenance and program costs to a minimum.

Service Commitment

30 hours: 20 service, 10 fund raising (per family)

15 hours: 10 service, 5 fund raising (Kindergarten and single parent families)

20 hours of service and 10 hours of fund raising are required of each two parent family. Ten (10) hours of service and five (5) hours of fund raising are required of every one parent and new Kindergarten family. If parents are separated but both parents continue to be involved in the life of the child(ren), then each parent is responsible for 10 hours of service and 5 hours of fund raising.

Sport hours are NOT in addition to volunteer hours. All we ask is that as part of your volunteer hours, you work 2 sport hours/per child/per sport. These sport hours should be reported MONTHLY on your "Volunteer Hours Report."

If a parent works 30 hours of yard duty without payment, then the Parent Participation requirement (both service and fund raising) is fulfilled.

If a parent works on fund raising events, each hour worked may be applied to fund raising hours. If a parent works more that the required fund raising hours, those hours may be applied to service hours. Service hours, however, may not be applied to fund raising hours.

Any coach who coaches a St. Charles Borromeo team fulfills his/her Parent Participation hours in full.

Parents who serve on the School Board, Parent Teacher Association, or Athletic Committee Board fulfill the required service hours.

EVERY family is responsible for completing PARENT PARTICIPATION hours, for recording PARENT PARTICIPATION hours, and for sending a record of their completion to the school monthly.

While parents are encouraged to be involved in their child's education, any adult member of the extended family may serve the required parent hours.

It is the responsibility of the parent to ensure that this service commitment is completed by the time of reregistration.

Failure to complete the hours noted above will result in one of the following consequences:

• Failure to meet Parent Participation requirements will disqualify your family from registering your child(ren) the following year.
• Failure to meet Parent Participation requirements will result in an increase in the cost of registering your child(ren) the following year.

There is a 5 hour maximum fund raising hours per approved event not directly affiliated with the the school. Parents are able to earn fund raising hours for an approved parish event. The maximum number of hours to be received per parent is 5 hours per event. The event needs to be approved by the principal in order to receive credit.

The maximum number of hours a parent can receive for community at-large service is 5 hours per family. Parents are able to earn service hours for an approved community at-large service. This service needs to be approved by the principal prior to the service rendered.

The following events have been pre-approved: Loaves and Fishes, Maryhouse, Food Bank, Parish Lector, Commentator, and Eucharistic Minister.

If baked goods are donated for fund raising the following scale is to be used: 3 dozen cookies = 1 hour

2 cakes = 1 hour

In addition to completing hours as noted, each family may opt to earn 5 hours of fund raising and 5 hours of service by purchasing SCRIP 10 out of 12 months. (May - April)

This program requires the purchase of certificates that may be used as money at select stores and/or gas stations. No extra cost is incurred by those who purchase SCRIP, and yet an average of 5 percent of each SCRIP dollar is returned to the school.

No cash payment for Parent Participation hours not performed will be accepted under any circumstances.