As stated in the student/guardian handbook, school fee payments should be made in the Middle School office during the first two weeks of school.
Unfortunately, GMS currently has over $23,000 in unpaid school fees among its three grade levels. These fees are for supplies used in the classroom this academic year. As you can imagine, when over 80% of what was budgeted for this year is unpaid, we are struggling greatly to provide the experiences that we hope to provide for students. Our goal is to not require teachers to buy supplies for students as that is not fair to our professionals. We are not preventing your child from access to materials; however, the school has been forced to cut back in many other areas to guarantee them access as they deserve.
I also want to reiterate that the school fees at Graham are often considerably lower than surrounding schools. We are great stewards of our funds because we have no choice. School fee money cannot be used for anything other than consumable supplies for this school year either per Ohio Revised Code.
Moving forward we have to take measures to ensure collection. Students will miss out on the following due to outstanding fees balances:
field trips
promotion or graduation ceremonies in grade 5, 8, 12
The district will further consider options for collection of unpaid fees at a later time.
** If you need to set up a payment plan, please contact the GMS office at 937-663-5339 or you can email either Ms. Neves NevesH@grahamlocalschools.org or Mr. Guidera GuideraN@grahamlocalschools.org