Released: 8/17/2009

Diocese of Youngstown Schools join OptionC

Ohio Schools now benefit from the fastest growing network of top Catholic schools

ROCHESTER, NY (August 17, 2009) – OptionC Inc., is a collaborative community of top Catholic school and diocesan administrators in the U.S. that share the same need for state-of-the-art online technology within a Catholic focused framework.  Members participate in the design of school and diocesan functionality specific to their needs and share best practices on all things important to Catholic education.

Today, OptionC announced the rollout of its flagship Catholic focused School Management System at Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Youngstown Ohio.      

Due to the success of last year's adoption of the program by nearly 50% of our elementary schools, OptionC is expanding to many more schools this year" stated Dr. Michael Skube, Superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Diocese.  “It speaks very highly for OptionC and our schools that each school independently chose to join this network of top Catholic schools.  Schools compared (and even replaced) other systems to OptionC and none were comparable with features, cost & commitment to the Catholic education mission.” 

OptionC has expanded rapidly into top Catholic schools throughout the U.S. replacing many public school student tracking systems.  One reason is the strong emphasis on member input for providing functionality specific to Catholic schools.  Another is the many automated features which make OptionC’s School Management system the most user friendly system in the industry.

OptionC automates state and diocesan reports such as non-public school enrollment report (OHIO NS3 report), diocesan report cards, academic eligibility requirement reports, NCEA reporting, (Ohio) state voucher reports and more always at no cost to its members.

Unlike many other “Student” management systems, OptionC brings to Catholic schools a more comprehensive “School” management system.   By focusing strictly on Catholic schools, OptionC’s School Management System provides functionality and features required by all aspects of running a “Catholic” school.   These include accounting/finance systems with online credit card payments, free web pages, document management with audit trail, web based calendaring, parish tracking, online Mass card requests for Parents, online assignments and grading, fundraising, Alumni tracking, live internet Catholic radio feeds, online registration and much more. 

Because OptionC is 100% web based and the easiest to use, it does not require the diocese to purchase or maintain any hardware or servers, software or additional personnel.

About the Diocese of Youngstown

The Diocese of Youngstown was established on May 15, 1943. Six northeastern counties in the state of Ohio were taken from the Diocese of Cleveland and were formed into the Diocese of Youngstown. It was the pastoral needs of the people in 1943 that made the new diocese necessary. There were approximately 150,000 Catholics in the 98 parishes and their numbers were growing rapidly. Today the Catholic population has grown to over 200,000 people in 113 parishes and two missions.

The Diocese of Youngstown, which incorporates 3,404 square miles in seven deaneries, is comprised of Ashtabula, Columbiana, Mahoning, Portage, Stark and Trumbull counties.

.For more information about Catholic Schools in the Diocese or to locate a school in your area, please visit the Diocesan web site at www.doy.org or call (330) 744-8451.

About OptionC

OptionC, the leader in Catholic Focused Technology & Fundraising Services, is a collaborative community of top Catholic schools that aid in the design of the most advanced web based School Management System specific to top U.S. Catholic Schools.  This supports their efforts to increase academic excellence while extending the faith through technology.  

Its 24Tuition EFT Services division enables Schools to receive their tuition money in as little as 12-48 hours after withdrawal, significantly faster than current industry standards of 10 days.   OptionC also assists Catholic schools with fundraising initiatives such as magazines drives and book fairs. 

OptionC has partnered with many of the best U.S. Catholic book publishing companies to provide www.catholicschoolbookfair.com as a one stop portal resource.

OptionC is changing the way leading Catholic schools manage, share and collaborate their data and ideas.    For more information on the OptionC School Management System, 24Tuition, Magazine Sales, or www.CatholicSchoolBookFair.com, please contact:  newsales@optionc.com  or contact 585.421.0445 - www.optionc.com.