Are the students charged a fee to attend the school?
The School Board had an extensive discussion about this subject and decided to charge a nominal amount for a student to attend the school. This was done so that the families were not accepting charity but were paying to send their child to this private school. The parents of the students know that the cost to run the school is much more than they pay, and they know American Sponsors are also financially supporting the operations of the school. Their payment gives them ownership and pride that this is their school.

For the families that can not afford this small amount we provide opportunities for parents to work at the school in exchange for their child attending classes. For those families that require their children to work, to help support their families, we have implemented a ³work/study² program so that the student can go to school and work after school to provide income to the family.