Guidelines for Admission

• Preferences are given to active members of the parish.
• St. Bernardine of Siena School requires students to be 5 years old by September 1.
• St. Bernardine of Siena School requires first grade students to be 6 by December 1.
• All students must comply with current California immunization and health requirements prior to enrollment.
• The parish school will strive to have Catholic education accessible to as many students as possible, both with its educational programs and financial considerations; however, it may have insufficient resources to serve the educational and financial needs of all students.
• The pastor and principal will annually review a students' continued eligibility for enrollment in the parish school.  
• St. Bernardine of Siena School establishes its own procedures for admission and enrollment.​

Continued Annual Enrollment

The pastor and principal determine eligibility for continued enrollment in St. Bernardine of Siena School on an annual basis.  It is the school's hope that all families will continue to be a part of the school community throughout their child's elementary school years.  For serious reason, the pastor and principal may determine that it is not in the best interest of the student, family or St. Bernardine of Siena School that the family may continue to be enrolled at the school.  Reasons may include but are not limited to the following:

• Inability of the school to meet the student's learning needs
• Student behavior that is consistently disruptive to the learning environment
• Consistent student absence and/or tardiness
• Failure to meet financial and service obligations  - Students may not begin a new school year if obligations from the previous school year have not been completed.
• Consistent lack of cooperation on the part of the family
• Parental behavior that is in direct conflict to the values of the school including gossip, negative comments about the school in public and on social network sites, defamatory statements about school personnel, consistent disrespectful behavior toward school personnel

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