St. Joseph SchoolSchool/Community Meeting

March 25, 2010

Current Financial Status…

$5,165 Cost per student to educate $2,070 Tuition paid for 1 child

$10,230 Cost for 2 students to educate $ 2,160 Tuition paid for 2 children

*Church pays for 63% of the cost for every student

Options moving forward….

►Cost cutting measures that have already been implemented.

►Teachers’ salaries frozen for the 2009 – 2010 school year ►Cut back on teaching supplies►Switched from PowerSchool to RenWeb

Options moving forward cont…►Meitler Study implementation by

Diocese – Long Range Strategic Plan that has recommendations for each school

►Consideration should be given to including members who are not current school parents on the Commission►Financial component should include a plan to increase tuition to a greater portion of the per pupil cost and make the school less dependent on parish support for operations

Options moving forward cont…

►Marketing component should include updating the school brochure, strategies to retain students from 6th to 7th grade and ways to promote the value of the school to parishioners and parents. Strategies to attract students from the East Peoria and Creve Coeur areas should be identified

►Structure developed to organize/manage fundraising through the Education Commission

Current Management Structure…

Diocese - BishopBishop

Vicar General

Pastor Trustees

Finance Committee

Principal

Education Commission

Advisory Groups

Decision Making Authority

Proposed new committees…

• Tuition/Fees Committee $53,139

• New Fundraising $17,924

• Adopt-a-student, Kouri’s/Culver’s Night• Enhance existing Fundraising

$4,200• Marketing

• Annual Fund, Brochure, Baptismal welcome

• Total new $ raised $75,263

(goal = $150,000)

New tuition structure comparison…2010 St. Joseph

Tuition - 1 child 2,381

Fees 330

Total 2,711

 

 

Tuition - 2 children 2,738

Fees 405

Total 3,142

 

 

Tuition - 3 children 2,943

Fees 405

Total 3,348

St. Edwards

2,467

456

2,923

2,694

672

3,366

2,823

888

3,711

St. Marks St. Vincent St. Thomas

3,500 3,500 3,604

100 188 298

3,600 3,688 3,902

     

     

4,400 4,200 4,314

200 277 458

4,600 4,477 4,772

     

     

4,900 4,650 4,696

300 366 623

5,200 5,016 5,319

Shift HappensVideo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMcfrLYDm2U

Why St. Joseph is the school…..

New Curriculum/Programs:

Spanish program K - 8Super Kids Reading program

K – 1Envision Math 1 – 5Student Support Staff

Services – serves K - 8

AdvanceED - North Central Accreditation

Complete our accreditation process and we received a rating operational in 6 out of 7 areas

Test ScoresSt. Joseph administers the Iowa Test of Basic Skills for our standardize tests. Within all grades tested (3rd – 8th), we scored above the national percentile in reading, math, social studies and science.

Faith Formation:

Sacramental instruction – Reconciliation, Eucharist and

Confirmation Weekly Friday Masses Daily religious education and prayer Liturgy preparation Monthly devotions including Eucharistic, Adoration and Reconciliation

New Extra-Curricular Activities:

Band programConversion to IESA for activities:

~ 7th & 8th Grade Boys BasketballComputer ClubBoys & Girls Soccer St. Joseph Baseball/Softball Teams

We are currently preparing students for jobs and technologies that don’t yet

exist…in order to solve problems we don’t even know are problems yet.

We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created

them. ~ Albert Einstein

Closing Remarks by Father Tim

with Closing Prayer