Administrative Decisions affecting students

ACS Athens operates based on its own set of procedures and policies, as defined by the school Board of Trustees, the school President and the USA Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools guidelines. The USA Middle States Associations also approves the school policies and procedures by accrediting ACS Athens.

Educational decisions affecting students are made by the school principal after consultation with the appropriate faculty and counseling personnel. For financial issues, the applicable administrator will be involved. All such decisions must be approved by the school President.

Financial

1. Each year, the school follows a student re-registration process in all grades. Parents must have no outstanding tuition and fee balances in order to re-register their children in the following year.

2. Please refer to the Parent Financial responsibility statement for a detailed explanation of financial policies.

3. The school has the right to restrict student participation to “non-curricular” school activities if the parents have outstanding tuition or fees for a period of more than 4 months. For example, such activities may be:

   • Extracurricular after school activities and programs

   • School trips

   • Participation in Graduation or other celebrations ceremonies. The original school diploma will not be issued to graduates, however, requested university transcripts or diploma photocopies will be provided).

4. Parents who face temporary financial difficulties may request payment arrangements with the Financial Office or may apply for financial aid, following the school-defined rules and processes.

Force Majeure

The obligations of the School under this Agreement may be suspended immediately without notice during the periods that the School must close of Force Majeure events including, but not limited to, fire, acts of God, war, governmental action, terrorism, epidemic, pandemic, outbreaks of infectious disease, any other public health crisis, or any other even beyond the School’s control. If such an event occurs, the School’s duties and obligations under this Agreement may be suspended or postponed until such time as the School, in its sole discretion, may safely re-open. A Force Majeure event will not entitle the parent(s), guardian(s) or other financially responsible party/parties to a tuition refund. The aforementioned explicitly waive their claims of unjustifiable enrichment.