Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

About $4 Million.

A signed commitment is a “promise” of a financial donation. The donations received from signed commitments will be used to build Redeemer Lutheran School.

Yes, as long as the Redeemer Lutheran School Committee accepts any contingencies requested by the donor and/or accepts any affiliations associated with the donor.

Staff salaries will be paid via tuition & registration fees. Curriculum costs will be paid via curriculum fees. Other costs (e.g., startup and operating costs) will be paid via church offerings, School Fund donations, auctions, raffles, and other such means.

Our nation’s children are suffering. They do not have the spiritual peace that comes from knowing Jesus. They are lost without Jesus.

Our nation’s parents are disgusted. They seek relevant academic education based on Judeo-Christian values, not activist curriculums filled with social ideologies and indoctrinations.

The Redeemer Lutheran Church mission is “to share and teach God’s Word so that people become believers and committed disciples of Christ.” (Matthew 28:19-20) The Bible tells us, “From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.” (Luke 12:48) We accept the challenge.

A school committee survey shows Tri-Cities Prep, Christ the King, Liberty Christian, Bethlehem Lutheran, Calvary, and other Christian schools have wait lists, use prioritized acceptance criteria, or turn children away for lack of space. We’ve seen parents sleeping on the Calvary School site so they could be first in the line of parents ringing the school building on registration day.

State data tells us about 80,000 children attended K-12 Washington private schools in 2023.

Stanford University economist Thomas Dee tells us the number of students enrolled in Washington State private schools jumped 26% between the 2019-2020 school year and the 2022‑2023 school year. That’s higher than the national growth rate.

A school committee survey shows Tri-Cities Prep, Christ the King, Liberty Christian, Bethlehem Lutheran, Calvary, and other Christian schools have wait lists, use prioritized acceptance criteria, or turn children away for lack of space. We’ve seen parents sleeping on the Calvary School site so they could be first in the line of parents ringing the school building on registration day.

State data tells us about 80,000 children attended K-12 Washington private schools in 2023.

Stanford University economist Thomas Dee tells us the number of students enrolled in Washington State private schools jumped 26% between the 2019-2020 school year and the 2022‑2023 school year. That’s higher than the national growth rate.

We considered a Preschool program and various levels of K-12 programs. We ruled out Preschool programs, because they are more regulated and costly than Kindergarten programs. Washington State mandates a higher adult/child ratio in Preschools; and Preschool children require a level of childcare and facility enhancements not required for Kindergarteners.

We ruled out Middle and High School programs, because of the many subject-matter-experts and facility enhancements that would be required.

We settled on a K-5 school with a Kindergarten for 4-year-olds and a Kindergarten for 5-year-olds. Our proposed 7,500 sq. ft. building will have ample room for six classrooms, bathrooms, offices, wide hallways, and other features. Keeping the school building under 10,000 square feet results in a lower cost per square foot structure.

We plan on opening in the fall of 2026. There are many unknowns (e.g., the availability of abatement teams, demo crews, and builders; the time it will take to put permits in place; the time it will take to secure funding; the time it will take to hire staff and accept students).

Classes will be held in 3 rooms built on the sturdy Parsonage foundation and in 3 rooms built on an adjoining “post and pier” foundation.

It would take time and money to bring portables up to code. In past decisions, the Supreme Court of Washington has ruled that schools in church buildings must adhere to State building codes (e.g., they must have required floor space, required ventilation, approved fire alarm and sprinkler systems, doors that open outward, and more).

Any “non-special-needs” 4K – Grade 5 age child may be interviewed for and accepted into the school program, as long as the child’s parents consent in writing to pay all annual costs and to allow their child to be taught according to Lutheran Church Missouri Synod beliefs. Our small school will not be equipped to address “English as a Second Language” (ESL) children or children with physical, mental, or behavioral disabilities, initially.

The school’s nurturing, traditional curriculum will include reading, writing, spelling, math, science, health, and history taught by certified teachers via individualized and group learning; with art, music, and p.e. classes and the word of God present, throughout.