Were school fees ever paid by everyone last year?

Does anyone know if all student fees were ever paid off by the responsible parents? I recall Tim Dettwiller saying in a newspaper article that the school had to withdraw money from the general fund to cover unpaid student fees last year, primarily for high school students. I was shocked by the amount of money needed to cover them, and by the percentage of people who had not paid. I never heard any more about it, and as someone who has paid the fees on time every single year for my two children, I want to know before I pay them this year.

Guess I'll have to send an email to Dettwiller to find out the answer.

Fee payer wrote:

Does anyone know if all student fees were ever paid off by the responsible parents? I recall Tim Dettwiller saying in a newspaper article that the school had to withdraw money from the general fund to cover unpaid student fees last year, primarily for high school students. I was shocked by the amount of money needed to cover them, and by the percentage of people who had not paid. I never heard any more about it, and as someone who has paid the fees on time every single year for my two children, I want to know before I pay them this year.

I doubt they were ALL paid. I do recall it being mentioned at a BOE meeting a few months ago that many of the delinquent/late fees had been paid. You would need to check with Mr. Dettwiller for more specific numbers.

Why would you need to know if everyone else had paid before you would? I pay my bills because I do not expect a free ride. Did you stop making your house payment because other people did? Do you stop making your car note because other people don't pay theirs? You're shocked by the amount of money that was needed to cover unpaid fees but you have the mentality that you won't pay until everyone else does first; maybe no one is paying because they are all waiting to be the last in line like you. And the bills continue to grow until it becomes someone elses job to be responsible and do something about the unpaid debts.

Don't make idiotic assumptions, SIM. Obviously you didn't read that I have always paid my fees on time. I asked because I don't like being asked to pass a levy when many, many people were not paying their school fees last year, therefore my tax dollars had to pay for them. I believe the figure quoted by Dettwiller was 48% of students had unpaid fees at the high school. 48%! And I'm betting many probably came from well to do families. We are not in the upper tiers of Springboro housing or income. As a matter of fact, my husband lost his job earlier this year, and when he was lucky enough to finally get one again, it was a large pay cut. So yes it is my business if others are not paying their fees. Perhaps you have plenty of money to spare. We do not.

And for the record, our older model cars are fully paid off. And we don't have more house than we can afford, unlike some people. We ALWAYS pay our bills on time.

Fee payer wrote:

Don't make idiotic assumptions, SIM. Obviously you didn't read that I have always paid my fees on time. I asked because I don't like being asked to pass a levy when many, many people were not paying their school fees last year, therefore my tax dollars had to pay for them. I believe the figure quoted by Dettwiller was 48% of students had unpaid fees at the high school. 48%! And I'm betting many probably came from well to do families. We are not in the upper tiers of Springboro housing or income. As a matter of fact, my husband lost his job earlier this year, and when he was lucky enough to finally get one again, it was a large pay cut. So yes it is my business if others are not paying their fees. Perhaps you have plenty of money to spare. We do not.
And for the record, our older model cars are fully paid off. And we don't have more house than we can afford, unlike some people. We ALWAYS pay our bills on time.

Fee Payer, you said you had paid on time but you had not paid them this year. School has started. Report cards on coming out. I think that means your fees are overdue - therefore you're part of the 48% that you find so insulting and irresponsible. While I sympathize with your financial situation I disagree that we should all sit back and wait to see what everyone else has done before we do the right thing. The right thing is paying our fees and expecting everyone else to do the same. You sound as if you're living within your means and making good decisions. However, school fees should be treated like your house or car payment. It's a debt you owe with a due date. When we don't pay our fees the schools, taxpayers, and kids are impacted.

Listen, bonehead, I plan on paying my fees! The
HIGH SCHOOLERS JUST GOT THEIR FEE INVOICE ABOUT A WEEK AGO!!! You must not have a high school student - the school waits till the deadline to drop/change classes has ended and then determines the fees due. So, WOW, I've had the invoice for a whole week - ooh, I'm delinquent!

And I believe it was this past SPRING when Mr. Dettwiller said people had not paid their fees, i.e. the school year was almost over!

I only asked a simple question. Since it sounds like you just like to argue and act like you are better than me, I'm not going to waste more time on this subject, but you probably can't resist.

Fee Payer, relax. There was not argument. Just dialogue. I do not think I am better than you. I just get tired of hearing everyone complain without having solutions. I didn't mean to get you all worked up like that.