How do we work
Membership Enrollment
Enrollment in Family Education Days is done in April/May each year. Families pay a small membership fee ($100 in 2023/24) that helps cover the costs of co-op operations: (Website, office supplies, insurance, and non-profit status). At the time of enrollment, you will be asked to agree to and sign the Family Enrollment Contract, Hoblitzelle Facilities Agreement, and COVID-19 Liability Waiver. Copies of these agreements are found on the FED website. At the time of enrollment, you will also be asked to select your families service hours for the upcoming school year and all adults who will be onsite for co-op days will need to complete a background check.
New Family Membership
We understand that there are always new families desiring to join our co-op - either new to the area, homeschooling, or participating in cooperative education. In an effort to serve all of our families well, new families will be accepted each year based on the number of returning families, in addition to how many new families the board decides our framework will allow for. We always retain the right to restrict the families we agree to allow to join the co-op based on criteria established by the board of directors. Interested families will be required to attend an open house and/or watch a video explaining the operations of the co-op. Families will also need to attend an interview with members of the FED board prior to membership being approved.
Service Hours
In order to keep our costs low and to keep true to our purpose of families helping families, FED families are required to participate in the running of co-op through yearly service hours. . Service hours may include campus security, playground patrol, parent lounge aid, study hall aid, clean up and set up crew. Parents will have the option to sign up for their service hours when registering. We depend on our families for support, so please make this an important part of your participation at FED.
Board members and tutors who lead at least 2 classes will not be required to work service hours as they are serving in other capacities.
See our full Service Hour policy for more details.
Tutors
Tutors are considered to be self-employed, independent contractors. All class fees will be paid directly to the tutor via their choice of payment, not to FED. Tutors keep track of their own payments, pay their own taxes, and have their own individual policies for late payments and missed fees.
Tutors reserve the right to decline services based on their own discretion.
Class Registration
Registration for classes is conducted online in April/May of each year. A majority of our classes are for the full year and require a full 30-week commitment. The exception is for our Hoblitzelle run “Track” program. These elective classes are per semester and registration for the Spring semester is opened in Januaryof each year.
Class registration is conducted on a first-come-first-serve basis with initial priority being given to board members and tutors, followed by returning families, and then new families. You will be expected to pay the supply fee and first month’s tuition within a week of registration. Once a class is full, a waitlist is started in our system automatically. Do not pay your supply fee if your student is added to the waitlist. If a spot opens up, you will be notified.
Bell Schedule
All families are encouraged to attend the Morning Rally. This is a time of community, where we come together before our day begins to say the Pledge, pray together, and give brief announcements.