Continuous Enrollment

Simplicity!

Continuous Enrollment is a simple one-time process. Once you sign your Continuous Enrollment Contract, you’ll never have to deal with re-enrollment again. Our motto is “set it and forget it”— sign one Continuous Enrollment Contract, and you are done for the rest of your child’s schooling at Grand Rapids Christian Schools.

You will be part of the GRCS community until you tell us otherwise, and your child’s spot in their class will be secure through high school graduation.

In the event that things do change, you’ll have until February 20 every year to simply notify the school and face absolutely no penalty.

Security.

With increasing enrollment, we are at or near capacity in many of our grades. Placement in next year’s class is an increasingly sought-after spot. With Continuous Enrollment, your child’s spot will be secure through 12th grade graduation. 

We take the stewardship of tuition dollars entrusted to us very seriously. We want to invest these tuition dollars wisely so that we can provide the best education possible for our students. 
 
For planning and budgeting purposes, we need to know how many students to plan for on the first day of school. We make decisions early in the spring related to hiring staff, classes, and purchasing additional curriculum and materials, and we rely closely on the enrollment numbers to make informed decisions.

Did you know that many of our classes are at or near capacity?

Our recent growth requires us to plan for adding future classes, hiring new teachers, and improving our facilities. Leadership plans diligently to ensure that we’re prepared to fulfill our mission with excellence every year. Continuous Enrollment allows us to make solid plans for staffing, programs, class offerings, materials, curriculum, and facility usage.

Every February there is a communication reminder from the school informing the families that might be thinking about leaving our school to notify us by February 20. It will be an opportunity to ‘opt out’ of enrollment for the following year.

We have created an easy one-page Continuous Enrollment Opt-out Form for your use. To notify the school that your child will not be returning in the fall, simply request this form by emailing admissions@grcs.org and submit it by the February 20 opt-out deadline. 

Your future plans influence our current decisions. 

We make decisions early in the spring related to hiring staff, classes, and purchasing additional curriculum and materials, and we rely closely on the enrollment numbers to make informed decisions.
For that reason, if you notify us of your decision to opt out of your contract for the following school year by February 20 of the current year, there is no penalty.  
 
However, if you notify us of your child’s withdrawal after the February 20 opt out date, you will be charged  one month of the upcoming year’s tuition.

We understand that life takes other turns than what we had imagined, so we’ve built flexibility into this contract.

Prior to the annual Opt-Out date of February 20, you can notify GRCS that you’re not planning to return next year, without any penalty or difficulty, by completing the Opt-out form.  

After February 20, if you decide to leave GRCS for personal reasons, you will be responsible for one month of the upcoming year’s tuition. This is because we must hire teachers and purchase classroom materials for your child beginning in late spring, and we rely closely on the enrollment numbers to make informed decisions.

However, if the February 20 deadline passes, and then you find you must leave due to major life changes and unforeseen circumstances, our Board of Trustees will review your unique situation on a case-by-case basis to consider releasing you from the contract.

The Board reserves the right to examine the merits of each individual case, but in general for unique circumstances, such as those listed below, families dis-enrolling after February 20 will be exempt from the withdrawal penalty: 

• Moving/Relocation 25+ miles from Grand Rapids Christian Schools.
• Educational needs for the student that can no longer be met at Grand Rapids Christian Schools as determined by the GRCS Student Support Services teams.
• Dis-enrollment at the request of Grand Rapids Christian Schools.
• Other circumstances as approved by the Board of Trustees.

Parents may log into and update their information in ParentVue at any time during the year, and may also contact their school office with any additional updates.

Each spring, we will ask parents to review and verify additional information online as well as update information that requires annual submission (for example, requesting busing and student driver authorization for high school students). Parents will receive an email in April with a link to this verification process. 

Each school year, your Blackbaud Tuition Management account will automatically roll forward with the new tuition rates.

You will receive an email through Tuition Management approximately seven days prior to the automated withdrawal for any tuition or fees charged to your account.

Blackbaud Tuition Management allows you the option to have the amount deducted from your bank account or pay by credit card.