The Independent School Consultants being used by the Department of Catholic Education at this time developed a proposal that will be utilized to build up tuition assistance further, Meader said. For example, if there is a 5 percent increase in tuition, there will be a 5 percent increase in the assessment for tuition assistance. This assessment will apply to all the archdiocesan Catholic schools, Stearns said. It is everybody's responsibility to help with tuition assistance. While the details of the self-funding model are being absorbed by parents at St. Joseph School, parishioner Jay Mehaffey, who has served on a school advisory board and as parish zoning liaison for the west Cobb school site, is encouraging parents to express their opinions on the forthcoming survey.
Parents believe they have been misled.
A number of parents believe that they were promised this new school. When that survey comes to you, that is your place to express your feedback. That's not what I fought for. I didn't fight for an elitist Catholic school. I fought for a true school for the masses.