Member Responsibilites
Providence Nursery School is a cooperative program that relies on the involvement of parents to make our school a success. When every family gets involved our school and our children benefit.
Every Providence Family with a student in the 2's, 3's, 3/4's, and 4's** class is required to do ALL of the following:
- Co-op in the classroom as assigned or find a replacement (not required if you are a Buy Out family).
- Perform your assigned family job.
- Drive and act as chaperone on 2-3 field trips per year (does not apply to the 2's class).
- Participate in a school clean-up day once per school year (or more if you have siblings enrolled in the school).
- Volunteer 8 hours of time to the school (regardless of how many children enrolled in PNS) during the school year.
- Participate in 2-3 fundraisers as designated by the Fundraising Chair at the onset of the school year.
- Turn in appropriate forms and paperwork and pay security deposit equal to one months tuition by the specified deadline.
- One parent must attend Spring Coffee (May), Back to School Night (September), and General Membership Meeting (March). Parents also should receive 4 hours of parent education through meetings, training sessions and attending discussions concerning topics of interest to parents such as positive discipline, communication, etc.
Items 1, 3, 4, and 7 are done for each class in which you have a child enrolled.
Being a "BUY OUT" only gets you out of requirement #1. Requirements #2-8 are still required of all families regardless of "Buy Out" status.
CDO families are required to attend one board meeting and volunteer two hours of time to the school.
Summary of Member Responsibilities
| Class | Co- oping** |
Family Job | Driving on Field Trips | Volunteer Hours*** | Parent Education | Attendance at Meetings**** | Fundraising | Timely Submission of Forms |
| CDO | No | No | No | 2 per year per family | No | Spring Coffee (May), Back to School Night (September) | Participate in 2 to 3 fundraisers per year | Yes |
| Twos | Yes | Yes | No | 8 per year per family | 4 hours per year per family | Spring Coffee (May), Back to School Night (September), General Membership Meeting (March) | Participate in 2 to 3 fundraisers per year | Yes |
| Threes | Yes | Yes | 2 to 3 trips per year per class | 8 per year per family | 4 hours per year per family | Spring Coffee (May), Back to School Night (September), General Membership Meeting (March) | Participate in 2 to 3 fundraisers per year | Yes |
| Three- Fours |
Yes | Yes | 2 to 3 trips per year per class | 8 per year per family | 4 hours per year per family | Spring Coffee (May), Back to School Night (September), General Membership Meeting (March) | Participate in 2 to 3 fundraisers per year | Yes |
| Fours | Yes | Yes | 2 to 3 trips per year per class | 8 per year per family | 4 hours per year per family | Spring Coffee (May), Back to School Night (September), General Membership Meeting (March) | Participate in 2 to 3 fundraisers per year | Yes |
*This is only a summary; for a complete description of member responsibilities, please refer to your membership forms and the PNS website.
**Buy-Out families do not participate in co-oping, but are required complete all other items shown for their class.
***There are buy-outs of class-clean ups and limited buy-outs of volunteer hours available; please contact the VP, Administration for more information.
****All members of Providence Nursery School are invited to attend our monthly PNS Board meetings (non-Board members earn volunteer hours by attending).