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St Susanna School Commission Admission Policy


ACADEMIC ADMISSION POLICY

St. Susanna School accepts children who qualify under Ohio Department of Education and the Archdiocese of Cincinnati guidelines.  For admission to first grade, children must be age six by September 30th.   Early placement in grade one will be considered after initial screening through the local public school has been completed and recommendations made in writing have been forwarded to St. Susanna School.

ST. SUSANNA PARISH ADMISSION POLICY

  Priority registration for attendance at St. Susanna Parish School will be given to active members of St. Susanna Parish.  Active parish membership is defined as:  REGULAR MASS ATTENDANCE AT ST. SUSANNA CHURCH AND THE REGULAR USE OF STEWARDSHIP ENVELOPES BY THE FAMILY.  ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN THE COMMUNITY LIFE AND MINISTRY OF ST. SUSANNA'S PARISH ARE CONSIDERED AN INTEGRAL PART OF ACTIVE PARISH MEMBERSHIP. 

Stewardship, as an expression of faith, is a sign of our gratitude and trust in God.  It is the responsibility of the parents to teach stewardship to their children through the regular use of stewardship envelopes.  (Registered parish families are required to fulfill the expectations of active parish membership to qualify for the parish tuition rate.)

ST. SUSANNA PARISH TERRITORIAL BOUNDARIES:

  St. Susanna Parish territory is circumscribed by the following boundary.  Beginning at Butler-Warren Rd the boundary line proceeds east along Fields Ertel Rd to Mason-Montgomery Rd where it proceeds north to Irwin Simpson Rd. It now proceeds east along Irwin Simpson Rd to Columbia Rd where it proceeds north to the intersection with Turtle Creek Road.  From the point of that intersection it proceeds northwest by an air line connecting it with the intersection of Kyles Station/Hamilton Rd and 741.  It proceeds west along Hamilton Rd to Butler-Warren Rd where it goes south to Bethany Rd.  It proceeds west along Bethany Rd to Interstate 75 and then follows 75 south to Tylersville Rd where it goes east to Cox Rd.  It proceeds south along Cox Rd to the point where it intersects with Route 42 and West Chester/Social-Foster Rd then returning east to Butler-Warren Rd.  Finally it proceeds south along Butler-Warren Rd to the point where we began at Fields Ertel Rd.

  • First registration priority will be given to all students who completed the current school year program, and whose families meet the active member criteria. Re-applicants will be reviewed for active participation during the application process. All current tuition and fees must be paid in full at the time of registration.
  • Second registration priority will be given to new students from families who presently have other children enrolled in St. Susanna School.  The conditions of active membership must apply.
  • Third registration priority will be given to new students who have a parent employed at St. Susanna.
  • Fourth registration priority will be given to new students from families inside Parish boundaries who presently are enrolled in Christian Formation Educational Programs at St. Susanna. The conditions of active membership must apply.
  • Fifth registration priority will be given to new students from families inside parish boundaries according to length and quality of active membership in St. Susanna’s parish. The condition of active membership must apply.
  • Sixth registration priority will be given to new students from families outside the boundaries who presently are enrolled in Christian Formation Educational Programs at St. Susanna. The conditions of active membership must apply.
  • Seventh registration priority will be given to new students living outside parish territorial boundaries whose families are registered in the parish. The conditions of active parish membership must apply.
  • Eighth registration priority will be given to those families that have experienced the closing of their parochial school within the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. St. Susanna Parish will offer these families a place in our school if available and these families will be charged parish tuition rate for the first year of attendance. After one year at St. Susanna School these families can petition their parish to subsidize their tuition or they may join St. Susanna Parish.
  • Ninth registration priority will be given to non-Catholic and non-parish new students who do not wish to register in the parish, they will be admitted to school at the full cost as determined from year to year by the St. Susanna Finance Commission.

The final decision for registration in St. Susanna School rests with the pastor.

The parish school of St. Susanna admits students of any sex, race, color, national or ethnic origin to all rights and privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the parish school.  It does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race color, national and ethnic origin in administration of educational policies, loan programs, athletic and other school administered programs, and in the hiring of teachers.

(Approved by the School Commission February 2007)