Volunteer Service Deposit Policy

Required Volunteer Service 

The Chinese Language School of Southern California (aka Westside Chinese School) is a non-profit organization managed entirely by parent volunteers  from our amazing community.

 

Tuition fees help pay teacher salaries and some operating costs.  However, the school relies heavily on all of our parent volunteers to provide necessary services, from administration and academics to traffic and safety, weekly snack service, and our exciting cultural events for the whole school and broader community. Our school cannot exist and provide quality care without valuable help from our families. 

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In order to ensure families support the school through volunteering, each family is required to perform TWENTY (20) points of service during the academic year. A refundable Volunteer Service Deposit of $400, worth half of the total service obligation at $40/hr (or $800 total), is automatically added to each family’s registration fee calculation. The amount of unfulfilled service point obligation beyond the $400 service deposit will be billed at $40/hr at the end of the school year and required when registering for the next academic year.  Returning families will have the balance of their deposit amount applied to the next year’s service deposit. Families who do not return the following year will receive the balance of their deposit if the deposit request form is submitted before June 1 of the following year.  Families who fulfill some but not all of the 20-hour requirement will receive a pro-rated deposit return.

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The following families are not required to pay a Volunteer Service Deposit. However, we welcome and strongly encourage these families to participate in our volunteer programs – they are a vital part of our community:

• Families with ONLY Parent & Me registration

• Families with ONLY Taiwan Center for Mandarin Learning registration

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A family with at least one student enrolled in a PA/PB - 12A/12/B class is subject to the Volunteer Service requirement of 20 hours and deposit amount of $400 / 20 hours per family, regardless of their number of enrolled students.  Extra service hours may not be credited toward the next year’s service requirement.

 

See Tuition and Fees and Refund Policy for details.

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Some exceptions may apply. Please contact the Service Points Coordinator for more information.

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We thank all of our families for their service and dedication.

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CLSSC reserves the right to change or modify policies at its discretion.