Fort Mitchell families sending students back to Beechwood Independent Schools on Wednesday, August 19, will pay $7 more per year for the technology fee that puts a Chromebook in every secondary student's hands.

Superintendent Justin Kaiser's administration posted the full 2026-27 fee schedules to the district website by Wednesday, July 29, covering course fees across every department and activity fees for extracurriculars. Kaiser, a 1998 Beechwood High School graduate and the first alumnus to lead the district, oversees a system where the technology fee for grades 7-12 rises from $85 to $92, an 8.2% increase. Students keep the Chromebook at the end of 12th grade.

As we reported July 21, the district added a financial literacy graduation requirement for the Class of 2029. The new fee documents cover every course families will encounter when registering.

AP courses: $99 exam fee drives the totals

The AP exam fee ($99) accounts for the bulk of every Advanced Placement course charge. The most expensive courses by department:

  • English: AP Language and Composition, $170 (exam $99, textbook $25, novel $28, NoRedInk digital platform $18)
  • Science: AP Chemistry and AP Biology, $153 each (exam $99, lab materials $52, equipment $2)
  • Social studies: All six AP courses (World History, US History, Human Geography, European History, Government & Politics, Psychology), $141 each (exam $99, AMSCO book $26, copy fee $15)
  • Arts: AP Art and Design, $132 (includes AP test fee)
  • Math: AP Precalculus, AP Calculus AB/BC, and AP Statistics, $109 each (exam $99, copy fee $10)
  • Computer science: AP Computer Science Principles and AP CS A, $99 each (exam fee only)

AP Environmental Science runs $131, and AP Physics is $118.

Activity fees hold steady

Marching band, winter guard, and indoor percussion ensemble each remain at $250. High school forensics costs $150; middle school forensics is $100. Academic team is $60, and archery runs $125 for high school students or $80 for elementary.

Middle school and standard courses

Seventh and eighth graders face lower costs. Social studies is $45 per course ($30 TCI digital subscription, $15 copy fee). English 7 and 8 are $40 each. Math 7, Math 8, and Algebra I are $22 for the Envision textbook. Biology is $15, and standard Chemistry, Physics, or Scientific Foundations courses are $25 each.

Band in grades 7-8 costs $40. Standard art and choir courses range from $26 to $65.

Practical living and culinary

The APEX performance-based PE program carries a $100 fee, while standard health and PE courses have no fee. Culinary II tops the practical living department at $120 (groceries, supplies, and ServSafe Certification). Culinary I is $85, and Foods & Nutrition is $100.

Two business courses, Intro to Business & Management and Accounting & Finance, carry no class fee but require a separate dual credit payment directly to Thomas More University.

The district has not announced a fee payment deadline. The full schedules are available as PDFs on the Beechwood Independent Schools website, and school begins Wednesday, August 19.