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Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church – Tuition Subcommittee

Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church – Tuition Subcommittee. Members Dave Knittel, Principal Doug Pietsmeyer, Chairman of the School Board Tom Heckathorn, Congregation President Jim Woods, School Board Member Pastor Mark Wessel. Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church – Tuition Subcommittee.

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Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church – Tuition Subcommittee

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  1. Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church – Tuition Subcommittee Members Dave Knittel, Principal Doug Pietsmeyer, Chairman of the School Board Tom Heckathorn, Congregation President Jim Woods, School Board Member Pastor Mark Wessel

  2. Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church – Tuition Subcommittee Members Dave Knittel, Principal Doug Pietsmeyer, Chairman of the School Board Tom Heckathorn, Congregation President Jim Woods, School Board Member Pastor Mark Wessel

  3. I. Scope of Subcommittee’s Study • Scope • Review Pastor Wessel’s Tuition Study of 2001 for Kindergarten through 8th Grade (Excluding Preschool) • Evaluate if Tuition Should Be Charged to Members with Enrolled Children and, if so, the Appropriate Level • Evaluate Tuition Levels for Non-Members

  4. II. Review Purpose of School Ministry Portions of the Statement of Philosophy from the School Handbook: “Our church considers each child to be a precious gift from God. In the Bible, God assigns parents the responsibility for the development of the child spiritually, emotionally, mentally, socially and physically. To help parents carry out such awesome responsibilities, our church has undertaken the cost of conducting a school.” “We consider it a privilege to conduct our school so the children may: grow in Christian faith, develop their God-given talents, be trained in leading a God-pleasing life and receive eternal life.”

  5. II. Review History of School Ministry • Opening of the School Approved at a Special Voter’s Meeting on December 3, 1978. (25th Anniversary This Year) • Total budget was $15,000. • At that time, 17 Children Were Enrolled with 6 Additional Possible Students. • Regarding Member Tuition: “The school will be supported by the congregation, without tuition to members’ children, so that it will involve the entire congregation in the future of the church’s youth.”

  6. III. Current Cost of School Ministry • FY 03-04 School Budget (No Pre-K) is $147,570 • Enrollment is 42 “Full Time Equivalent” (FTE) students • Children of Members = 21 • Children of Non-Members = 21 • Cost per Child (FTE) = $3,514 • On average, the School Budget (No Pre-K) has grown 7% per year over the last 5 years.

  7. III. Current Tuition/Giving Towards School Ministry • 2003-2004 Tuition For Children of Non-Members = $2,200 • Aggregate Average Giving for Member Families with Children Enrolled in School: • 2002 - $2,020 • 2003 - $2,155 (1st 9 months Only.) • Thus, on the whole, Member Families with Children Enrolled in our School Are Meeting (and probably exceeding) the Tuition Level charged to Non-Members.

  8. III. Current Congregation Support of School Ministry • Cost per Child (FTE) = $3,514 • Tuition For Children of Non-Members = $2,200 • Cost Covered by Congregation = $1,314 • In other words, the Congregation covers 37% of cost of each FTE child enrolled in our School, member and non-member, plus utilities, etc. • Is this in line with the Congregation’s commitment to our church’s youth and other families who want their children to be educated here?

  9. IV. Benchmarking – Similar Schools in Grove City Area Grove City Christian: $3,150 Non-Members $2,678 Members Cypress Christian: $2,780 All Students Marantha Christian: $3,606 All Students OLPH: $3,200 Non-Members $2,200 If “Active” Member

  10. V. Recommendations

  11. V. Recommendations – Members with Enrolled Children 1. Aggregate average giving for member families with enrolled children is above the tuition level. Therefore, we recommend current tuition policy remain the same. 2. However, member families with enrolled children will be reminded that the total cost of educating their child is approximately $3,500 per year. They will be encouraged to keep this information in mind when deciding with the Lord how much to give toward our Church’s total ministry. 3. The School Board will continue to monitor the situation and in the future could recommend member tuition if the church’s budget situation does not stabilize.

  12. V. Recommendations – Non-Members with Enrolled Children 1. Tuition levels charged to non-members have not kept pace with the rising costs of running the school (i.e personnel, health care, debt service and operating costs of new facility, etc.). Therefore we recommend a three year approach to increasing tuition levels for non-members. 2. For Year 1 (the 2004-2005 school year beginning next Fall), there will be a 10% increase. 3. Years 2 & 3 percentage increases will be determined based on future cost increases.

  13. V. Recommendations – Congregation 1. Continue to pray for and actively support our school ministry. 2. Consider if it is OK to continue to subsidize this ministry at 37% subsidy per child of a non-member family. Is this congregation comfortable with this level? If not, what would be appropriate?

  14. V. Recommendations – School Board 1. Implement plan to restructure lower grade classrooms to allow for increased enrollment. Next year, non-member tuition will be $2,450 with a registration fee of $250, that would mean an additional 4 non-member students would generate $10,800 in new revenue. 2. Plan: K-1 Morning, 1-2 Afternoon in one room. 2-4 Morning, 3-4 Afternoon in second room 5-8 No change. This restructuring allows for a maximum of 15 additional students in the lower grades. Without the change, a maximum of only 7 “new” students could be admitted.

  15. V. Recommendations – School Board (Continued) 3. Focus on recruiting and retaining good students and reaching out to unchurched families. 4. Communicate, communicate, communicate. We need to let everyone involved know of our plans for the near future, members and non-members alike. 5. Increase the registration fee $50 to $250 per student (no family pays more than $500). 6. Continue working with church council and monitoring the church’s budget situation.

  16. V. Recommendations – School Board (Continued) 7. Remain open to recommending charging tuition to member families with enrolled children in the future. 8. Create a Financial Aid fund to assist Non-Member families who may not be able to afford tuition increases.

  17. Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church – Tuition Subcommittee Questions?

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