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| Admissions & Class Size
ADMISSIONS & CLASS SIZE POLICY Revised May 2007
Policy Administration.
The Admissions Policy is used when the maximum enrollment in any class has been reached. If a class is not full, the principal retains the right to waive the Admissions Policy criteria and admit a student after review of all academic records and a meeting with the applicant's family. When applicable, placement testing may be utilized.
Admissions Priorities
When the number of applicants for any class exceeds the space available under the circumstances described in this policy, the priority for admissions shall be determined as follows:
1. General Rules of Priority
In the event that there are more applicants than space available for any seat (except kindergarten, as described below), priority shall be determined on the following criteria, in descending order:
Students enrolled in grades pre-school through eight during the prior school year, Sibling of student in Saint Mary School, Child of Parishioner of Saint Mary Church, Transfer from another Catholic School, Child of Alumnus, Catholic, Non-Catholic
In determining, the following definitions shall apply:
Sibling of student in Saint Mary School means the brother or sister of a student in Saint Mary School, in Pre-School through grade eight, who has attended Saint Mary school during the previous school year; Parishioner of Saint Mary Church means a person who participates in the religious life at Saint Mary Church including there regular attendance at Sunday Mass and who participates in the envelope system making a minimum annual contribution of $250.00 to
the Parish. Families that relocate to the area are granted Parishioner status for tuition billing
purposes upon completion of Parish registration.
Priority within each category is based on date of first application, and every applicant from a
category will be admitted before an applicant from a lower ranked category is admitted. For example: if two siblings, a parishioner and a transfer from Catholic school are applying for limited spaces, the sibling who made application to the school would get first priority, then the other sibling, then the parishioner, then the transfer.
Saint Mary School values racial and cultural iversity and welcomes applicants who will benefit from and foster this philosophy.
2. Kindergarten
It is the intention of the school to maintain the Pre-school as an initial stage in the educational progression. However, it is recognized that some families cannot, for various reasons, participate in the Pre-school program. Consequently, in determining admissions to the kindergarten class, the priorities are as follows:
Sibling of student in Saint Mary School, which includes pre-school,
Students enrolled in Saint Mary School Pre-school 4 year olds and Pre-Kindergarten who are children of Saint Mary Church parishioners.
Students enrolled in Saint Mary School Pre-sool 4 year olds and Pre-Kindergarten who are affiliated with other parishes or are unaffiliated or non-Catholic.
Child of Parishioner of Saint Mary Church
Child of Alumnus
Catholic,
Non-Catholic Transfer from another Catholic School
Non-Catholic
The definitions used in Section 1 shall apply. These priorities for admissions are guidelines and exceptions may occur at the discretion of the Principal. Priority within each category is based
on date of first application to the School, and every applicant from a category will be admitted before an applicant from a lower ranked category is admitted.
Procedures
1. General rules for applications.
Applications for the enrollment in September of any year will be accepted throughout the year for 4 year old preschool through 8th grade.
All new applications, including those for students previously enrolled at Saint Mary School and seeking re-admission, shall be accompanied by an application fee of $50.00.
2. Applications for Saint Mary's Preschool 3 year old program. Applications to the Saint Mary School 3 year old program shall begin on the 1st Friday in January, for the school year beginning the following September.
3. Applications for Kindergarten classes New applications for kindergarten, not including preschool or siblings not currently enrolled,
will be accepted beginning in September of each school year for the coming year.
4. Applications for grades 1-8
By the first week in April, parents shall indicate in writing whether each current student is expected to return to St. Mary's School in September. Applications from new students will be accepted on an on-going basis for the new school year beginning in September. Acceptance of new students will be determined by seat availability and academic records.
5. Waiting Lists
The principal shall maintain waiting lists for each class in which the number of applicants
exceeds the space available. The waiting list shall be arranged in accordance with the priorities
determined by the criteria described above. When a place in a class becomes available, it will be offered to the applicant on the top of the list. If this applicant declines, his or her name goes to the bottom of the list and the place is offered to the next applicant on the list, and so on until
the place is filled.
The waiting list will be reviewed each year. Each applicant on the list from the prior year may
indicate that he or she wishes to continue on the waiting list. No new application fee is required. However, the priorities are re-determined each year, without regard to the position of the applicant in the prior year, except to the extent that the date of first application gives priority within each category. Relative positions on the list may be revealed to those on the list.
6. Publication of policy
This policy shall be distributed to each family with students currently enrolled in the school
and each family who apply to the school. This policy shall also be included in the StudentHandbook, the Pre-school School and Pre-Kindergarten handbooks and on the Saint Mary School website.
CLASS SIZE
In order to provide Catholic education to the maximum number of students while ensuring that each student receives an excellent quality education, the Saint Mary School Board adopts the following limits on class size:
For the three year old preschool class, 15 students in each class.
For the four year old preschool class, 18 students in each class.
For the pre-kindergarten class, 18 students in each class.
For the Kindergarten class, 28 students in each class.
For the first through eighth grades, 30 students in each class.
Applications received once these class sizes have been reached will be retained on the respective
waiting lists. Applicants will be contacted when/if a seat becomes available.
Each class size limit may be increased by one student by the discretion of the Pastor and Principal.
The Principal, in cooperation with the teachers of each class, shall provide an appropriate number of teacher's aides, taking into consideration the size of the classes and the age of the children.
EFFECTIVE DATE
The revisions to this policy shall take effect in September 2007.
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