If you are a parent of a St. Columban student, you may wonder how tuition is determined for each school year.  It is a fair question, especially since the cost of tuition is a substantial investment allocated from a family’s financial budget.

To ensure the integrity of this tuition-setting process, an ad hoc task force is convened every five years. This ad hoc tuition task force is strictly advisory. Its membership is comprised of a cross-section of parish stakeholders. 

The task force collaborative process includes three steps: (1) a comprehensive review and analysis of extensive up-to-date school funding and budget data; (2) a thoughtful, open and deliberative interpretation of this data, and how it projects to influence annual tuition-setting decisions; and (3) the formulation of a recommended set of principles that serve to advise and guide the pastor, Parish Council and Finance Council in setting yearly tuition costs.  Much of the task force’s time and deliberations are spent in analyzing our parish and school budgets, school operational costs, and projected school income and expenditures.

The 2010-2011 revised St. Columban School Tuition-setting Guidelines and Principles School Tuition Task Force document has been completed. Please take a few minutes to read and if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Patrick Lesher at 683-0105.

St. Columban School Tuition-Setting Guidelines and Principles (pdf)
St. Columban School Tuition Task Force/Guidelines and Principles (pdf)
Saint Columban School Guidelines and Principles.
Admission & Tuition Policy and Guidelines